Old 04-22-2012, 04:52 AM
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GerandTwine
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Originally Posted by Purplecatlover View Post
I'm on the relapse & nonsense chapter of RR.
I am amazed at how spot on this book is.
Like the parts about deciding to drink after having a bad/ upsetting day,then becoming happy once you decided to drink. By the time you drink you're not mad or upset anymore but you do it anyway.
I did that so many times. It would just keep holding on to any bad feeling, even if it was gone, to get me to drink. Amazing how It could sit in my mind for so long, going unnoticed. Putting ideas, images in my head & making me think they were my own.
I am loving this book way more than I thought I would!
You've hit on a very important, simple, and inevitable process here that really blows the cover of the AV. It also puts into question the usefulness of helping people avoid bad thoughts, feelings, and experiences IN ORDER TO get them to not drink again.
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