If you are an alcoolic does that also mean you are all these things
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Originally Posted by DirtyRiverMan 
Same here. I don't buy into the "sickness" bull.
I don't either
up here on the mountain top we call it
plain old sin
just another one of many
up here on the mountain top we call it
plain old sin
just another one of many
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Originally Posted by doggonecarl
There was nothing more selfish than my addiction. When drinking and drunk I was the center of the universe...my universe. That's self centered. When drinking, I was egotistical in thinking I was the smartest drunk in the room. I was arrogant, especially in my denial that I had a problem. Arrogant about protecting my addiction. I did things that were clearly unethical and immature. Add immoral. I was abusive in my relationships in that they all took a backseat to my addiction.
I had to take a good, long look at myself to make a fearless moral inventory. Doesn't mean all alcholics are as flawed. It means THIS alcoholic was.
I had to take a good, long look at myself to make a fearless moral inventory. Doesn't mean all alcholics are as flawed. It means THIS alcoholic was.
A.A. Recovery - The Missing Piece: The Spiritual Malady
Excerpt from above web page.
You see, if I continue to act out with selfish - self-centered - ego-driven behaviors I will continue to experience the symptoms of the "spiritual malady." If I continue to experience this inward unmanageability, eventually my mind will seek out the "sense of ease and comfort" it thinks it can receive from taking a drink. Or, my ego can deceive me into thinking I'm doing perfectly fine.
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