Originally Posted by
SparkleKitty 
The alcoholic and the sober woman are the same person at different stages of their life. If she embraces recovery and works at it with everything she's got--and that is a big If--she will reveal another part of herself still.
But it doesn't really matter what person you think she is at any given time -- she is not yours to "fix" or "help fix."
But the disease manifests physically into actions doesn't it? Her actions were not the same when she was sober as when she was drink. 2 different people.