effortjoy

Alcohol promises to take away our stress but instead it creates more
It promises to make conversations easier but instead disconnects us from those we love
It promises to lift our moods but instead it plummets us into depression
It promises to help us escape but instead it keeps us stuck
It promises relief but gives pain
It promises that next time will be better but it never is

Ambuler

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My life is so much better now that I don't fall for those lies!

joandmelandhan

Yes! I truly believe it does every one of those. Thank you for that 😀

Soberwolf

That's not alcohol that does that what you just described is known as AV

Alcohol is inanimate and the problem or alcoholism is within the alcoholic (that's me)

I like your thread

effortjoy

soberwolf, you are right. It's the distorted voice within me. All week I would just put up with all the stress in my life, and I would just tell myself that Friday night, I'll drink it all away. I thought all the stress in my life was the trigger, that it "made" me drink but now that I have decided to quit completely I realize that I am the trigger. I cause myself to drink by what I tell myself about my life and my choices. And to truly recover, I will need to get out of my own way. I am the reason that I drink and I will become the reason that I stop

tomsteve

I had to remember who allowed alcohol to do that to me.

Dee74

When I read 'alcohol' in this context it's pretty clear to me what is meant

thanks for the great post effortjoy - good reminder

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Forward12

Very true. Rational Recovery speaks of this, that we are a separate person that knows it's bad, and does nothing for us, but the alcohol beast will lie, manipulate, and do anything it can to trick us into feeding it.

LadyBlue0527

Can I add something?

Alcohol lied to me and told me that life was going to be boring without it.

The truth was that it was blinding me from feeling true happiness. It kept me from finding out that even the simplest things become a pleasure after some time and distance.

Hevyn

Yes, effortjoy - I was looking for relief from stress & ended up more anxious than I ever thought possible. Thank you for this.