Originally Posted by
soberlicious 
They are addicted to a substance, but they're not idiots or children and reading something isn't going to make them implode.
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With a mental age of 13 and an IQ reduced to my shoe size. I was both a child and an idiot when i got sober. As such I was easily attracted to and distracted by any idea that looked like an easier way of solving my problem which, at that point, was about escaping the misery that was my life. I got hooked into an allergy kick which horrified my sponsor. It distracted me from what was important for recovery, and all the time the clock is ticking. I did not have unlimited time to go about recovering.
The alcoholic mind can do strange things with seemingly benign bits of information. Even relapse can be infectious. The experts tell me that relapse can be fatal and often is, but all aroud me I see the revolving door alcoholics coming back from relapse. Idiot child alcoholic mind says if they can get away with it, I probably could too.