[QUOTE=kelkal;5508382 I know it's not easy but doesn't this boil down to a choice? Thanks all for listening.[/QUOTE]
I lost the power of choice a long time ago. My will power simply does not work - and once I started I typically would not stop till all the liquor was consumed or I pass out.
I had to get enough sober time for the obsession of the mind - the first drink - to be removed. Then I could learn to deal with the underlying issues.
Many "hard drinkers" can choose to stop if circumstances are right - new job, marital issues etc. Alcoholics need help - some kind of support. A kinship of suffering if you will, imo. I tried many, many, many, many times to quit on my own.
I am of the school alcoholism is more than just a moral failure.
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