I learn daily about alcoholism and how I am a true alcoholic. Drinking alcohol to extremes was the sign of my disease but what was going on in my head is the symptom of alcoholism.
I occasionally will feel shame about my past then I laugh about it. I have accepted my defects of character and my past actions. Because of them and learning about them, I have become a more patient, tolerant, compassionate human being. I have learned to forgive and accept others for their faults.