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Old 05-01-2015, 02:46 AM
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Eddiebuckle
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I second Midgetcops statement. I was unable to stick with sobriety on my own, and had to go a long way down before I simply gave up thinking I could do it solo. Once I was willing to do whatever it took every day my life began to change. The funny thing is that had I gotten everything I wanted when I first quit, my life would be half what it is today. Addiction takes more of us than we realize, and sobriety is so much more than managing to not drink.

AA calls it the gift of desperation. It's a terrible place to be, but a necessary foundation for sobriety for many of us. Don't give up before the miracle happens.
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