hideous Four Horsemen - "Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration and Despair."
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"Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration and Despair."
When my EGO rears it's ugly head in sobriety
life usually ends up with a slight taste of the above.
Not like the drinking days but -- the EGO seems to be a slow killer.
Once more -- the smashing of the EGO
Ease
God
Out
MB
When my EGO rears it's ugly head in sobriety
life usually ends up with a slight taste of the above.
Not like the drinking days but -- the EGO seems to be a slow killer.
Once more -- the smashing of the EGO
Ease
God
Out
MB
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Originally Posted by Grungehead 
"Now and then a serious drinker, being dry at the moment says, "I don't miss it at all. Feel better. Work better. Having a better time." As ex-problem drinkers, we smile at such a sally. We know our friend is like a boy whistling in the dark to keep up his spirits. He fools himself. Inwardly he would give anything to take half a dozen drinks and get away with them. He will presently try the old game again, for he isn't happy about his sobriety. He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end."
Alcoholics Anonymous pp 151-152
MMB,
The paragraph you quoted and the paragraph I quoted (which follows your paragraph in the book) had the most profound impact on me when coming to terms with my alcoholism. It described my state of mind at the end of my drinking perfectly. When I reached the point where I couldn't imagine life either with or without alcohol I was in a special spot in hell that is hard to describe to anyone who hasn't been there.
Alcoholics Anonymous pp 151-152
MMB,
The paragraph you quoted and the paragraph I quoted (which follows your paragraph in the book) had the most profound impact on me when coming to terms with my alcoholism. It described my state of mind at the end of my drinking perfectly. When I reached the point where I couldn't imagine life either with or without alcohol I was in a special spot in hell that is hard to describe to anyone who hasn't been there.
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Originally Posted by gonzo51511
Cunning baffling powerful, well put
Often with the thoughts of, what went wrong, I thought that this time I had my drinking under control?
Once again -- baffled.
M-Bob
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