View Poll Results: Pick 3: Which of these beliefs helped your sobriety the most, once you accepted it?
I cannot change the behavior of others but i can change my own.
123
43.01%
My addiction is not the fault of another person or external event.
66
23.08%
I must be willing to do whatever it takes to maintain sobriety.
157
54.90%
There will never be a good enough or bad enough reason to relapse.
94
32.87%
I will lose what i hold most dear if i do not maintain sobriety.
143
50.00%
I must care more about maintaining my sobriety than care what others ghink of me.
74
25.87%
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Pick 3: Which of these beliefs helped your sobriety the most once you accepted it?
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: UK
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No. 2 was important to me before I quit. I don't think I really blamed anyone else but some old resentments were allowing me to dwell in self pity and stop me from moving forwards.
Otherwise No. 1 and No. 6. I'm a paranoid control freak
Otherwise No. 1 and No. 6. I'm a paranoid control freak
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: San Diego
Posts: 4,451
Great post (as usual)! I picked No. 4 first.
I'd add that for me, the biggest thing of all was realizing/accepting that I would never be able to drink like a so-called normal person—and the only way to escape addiction was to never drink again.
I'd add that for me, the biggest thing of all was realizing/accepting that I would never be able to drink like a so-called normal person—and the only way to escape addiction was to never drink again.
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NE Wisconsin USA
Posts: 6,223
Not blaming others or events is number one key for me...but it took a long time to actually be faced with the question....in not blaming I accepted my alcoholism/addiction as a disease.
Al-Anon has taught me about changing my own behaviors
Great poll thanks
Al-Anon has taught me about changing my own behaviors
Great poll thanks
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,284
There will never be a good enough or bad enough reason to relapse.
There will never be a good enough or bad enough reason to relapse. - the others are easy. Because of this one I do it one day at a time.
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Liverpool, England
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Originally Posted by Grymt 
There will never be a good enough or bad enough reason to relapse. - the others are easy. Because of this one I do it one day at a time.
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Then: I must be willing to so whatever it takes to maintain so sobriety.
And: I must care more about sobriety than what others think of me.
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