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Old 01-14-2015, 11:47 AM
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MrLofg0029
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If your hair catches fire, if a semi-truck runs through your house, if your fee-fees (feelings) aren't enjoyable... DO NOT ****ing DRINK!

If you do drink, you'll have only proven to yourself that you can't make it through this situation sober. If you stay sober, you gain valuable experience in staying sober through difficult times that are surely to recur.

I learned that mindset in AA, where my home group's moto is DON'T DRINK! That phrase seemed glib and idiotic to me on 1st glance. What it means to me now is that I do whatever I have to do to not drink... call my sponsor, go to a meeting, call a friend, call central services, find a meeting right ****ing now, mop floors at a detox, call my doctor, drop to my knees and pray in a public bathroom, punch a cop (no, don't, but you'll wind up in jail before you pick up a drink!).

Call your doctor, go to an ER, go to a meeting (if you attend meetings), call a friend... watch reruns of The Office... whatever. Just DO NOT DRINK, NO MATTER WHAT!
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