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03-15-2016, 06:14 PM

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Soberpotamus

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Originally Posted by silentrun

I think the way we talk to ourselves matters very much.

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Originally Posted by freshstart57

I agree completely with you, Nonsensical, that the way we choose to view an issue affects our outlook and therefore our behaviour. What people say to others around this topic is much less important than what they say to themselves.

I agree with these two. What we say to ourselves, and how we frame it and see it ourselves is more important than any other language, semantics, or communication we do amongst ourselves.

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Originally Posted by ScottFromWI

My personal view on this is that there are only 2 possibilities.

1. I drink
2. I don't drink.

No semantics can change those possibilities.

Also, what Scott said is the bottom line, I think. We are either drinking or we're not drinking. Boom, there it is.