Originally Posted by
Tatsy 
Me too. I fell on my knees at the altar of my Beast for far, far too long, aided and abetted by the recovery group movement, the concept of powerlessness and one day at a time.
No longer. Now, I am not my Beast. It's no longer in control. I am in control and I no longer drink, no matter what. Freedom from addiction. Why did nobody teach this?
Well there's no money to be made if people can recover on their own. Plus, I really think calling addiction a disease just fuels the helplessness people feel.
I was a addicted to nicotine, but quit smoking without any aids. I don't call myself a nicotine addict in recovery. I'm a non smoker. I don't identify as an alcoholic - never have. I'm a non drinker.
I also want to add that I too have to be careful what foods I bring into the house because I do binge eat and I also binge watch TV. Now, although binge eating food is not a great thing to do for various reasons, at least it doesn't make me do stupid things. But, I know if I buy a bag of cookies, I will eat them all at one time - same for a jar of peanut butter. So, with that in mind, I don't keep those kind of items in my house. I find refraining from eating decadent foods way harder than not drinking. I have booze in my house (for guests) - it's been sitting here since the day I quit drinking and I never think about it. It doesn't call to me - but put a cheesecake in my house and that thing will yell at me until I eat it.
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