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Old 12-31-2016, 05:35 PM
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Gottalife
12 Step Recovered Alcoholic
 
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Location: New Zealand
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Welcome back. I went to a concert last night. I've been to a few over the years. They have never made me drink. I drank because I couldn't not drink. I seemed to have lost the power of choice in drink. Even when I swore off, at certain times my mental capacity to keep myself sober failed completely. I forgot that I had sworn off, o forgot all the good reasons why I shouldn't drink. They just never came to mind.

What I had to do in the end was find an effective defence, one that could be 100% relied upon 24/7, and I found that by adopting the AA way of life.

The people there were a great help, but even they couldn't be relied on 24/7. Instead they showed me how to get hooked up to a power that could do that. Today I have all the power I need to live a useful sober life.
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