Originally Posted by
Algorithm 
"You have to want to be sober more than you want to drink" is an ostensibly wise saying, often touted as truth, but it really isn't true. In fact, it is Addictive Voice, since it both supports and suggests the possibility of drinking some more alcohol should that condition not exist at any given time.
I know there are many sober people on SR who found this saying helpful, and i respect that. It didnt ring true for me, though. At the time i quit, i still really wanted to drink (or in retrospect, my beast did). But quitting was not about wanting, it was about choosing. Its about picking a side, or it was for me anyway.