I'm an alcoholic...or am I?
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Originally Posted by traderjane 
I feel so much better not drinking, don't you?
Let's keep it going!
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The reason I asked how much you want to quit was this. As long as I held some mental reservations about whether I could, if I just tried a LITTLE HARDER, get a handle on my drinking, I drank.
My problem is that I can't trust my own thinking. That's what they mean when they say alcoholism is "cunning, baffling, powerful". Those doubts that want to creep into my mind is part of the disease itself, and I can't afford to pay them any attention.
Glad you're putting the debate to rest.
My problem is that I can't trust my own thinking. That's what they mean when they say alcoholism is "cunning, baffling, powerful". Those doubts that want to creep into my mind is part of the disease itself, and I can't afford to pay them any attention.
Glad you're putting the debate to rest.
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I feel it is only a question that comes with the availability and social acceptance of alcohol..
If someone did a certain amount of cocaine on a weekly basis for years and years yet had never been arrested or destroyed their life, wanted to stop but could not it would still be pretty easy to conclude they are addicted to cocaine.
If someone did a certain amount of cocaine on a weekly basis for years and years yet had never been arrested or destroyed their life, wanted to stop but could not it would still be pretty easy to conclude they are addicted to cocaine.
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