I can't do that comparison. (alcohol/petrol). It is just not real for me. I also don't see alcohol as a poison. Personally, I think that is a dangerous headspace for people in recovery. It is our powerlessness over the alcohol that was our problem. I am an addict: once I pick up drugs or alcohol, I lose my ability to choose. I have no control. And my addict brain likes to keep going despite the ill effects. I am the problem, and I am also the solution. I get to choose to not pick up that first ...anything.