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Old 03-29-2018, 07:59 AM
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StevenSlate
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Originally Posted by GerandTwine View Post
When some of your attendees finally make that final choice to begin “just not making choices” anymore, and pledge to stick with, what in some cases is, permanent abstinence, have you ever noticed from any of them a sort of cathartic positive emotional response to their commitment to abstinence, like, “Wow! Now I can really see and feel a future free from problems caused by drinking now that I won’t even be entertaining the possibility of choosing to go back to drinking. Yes, I can really feel it. It is OVER, DONE, FINIS, KAPUT”?

Do you ever go into any more detail with them about the permanence (or, depending upon TFM, possibly non-permanence) of freely and finally deciding to remove future choices as an option?
Not necessarily in all those terms, but yes. We do see such excitement when people realize they don't ever have to make such choices again. That is what I experienced too.
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