Originally Posted by Pathwaytofree
My "pledges" were always that I really wanted to stop. But I didn't have the CONVICTION to stop. I found myself engaging in my addiction when it was the last thing in the world that I wanted to do, and I didn't understand why I couldn't control it.
Originally Posted by
Pathwaytofree 
Well it's been years since I have picked up a drink, fortunately.
Do you understand why these two quotes seem so incongruous to each other? I thought you were still drinking.
It perfectly logical that you take this thread as a doorway to exit the Recovery Group Movement completely. Your Addictive Voice has mutated into focusing on a one-day-at-a-time recovery Way of Life thinking. There’s no reason to coddle to IT.