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Old 06-26-2013, 09:54 PM
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Thought I was addicted to alcohol but was really addicted to...
not making decisions.....
...to ambivalence...
...to a fear of commitment.
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Old 06-27-2013, 12:05 AM
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I thought I was addicted to alcohol,
but what I was really addicting to was escaping the things I cannot control.
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Old 06-27-2013, 02:00 AM
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I thought I was addicted to alcohol, but now I see what I was REALLY addicted to was inflicting pain and dwelling in regret over past issues that would have actually been easily solvable and not even real problems in the end, but I stuck to the regret and kept inflicting pain to myself due to anger and a forceful need to prove the twisted point is final.
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Old 06-27-2013, 02:55 AM
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I thought I was addicted to alcohol but what I was really addicted to was guilt, lies and misery.

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Old 08-08-2013, 08:28 PM
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I thought I was addicted to alcohol
but I was also really addicted to making excuses, not trying, and settling.
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Old 10-16-2013, 05:48 PM
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I thought I was addicted to alcohol
But now I see I was also addicted to avoiding any discomfort.
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Old 03-08-2014, 12:30 PM
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I thought I was addicted to alcohol
but now I see underneath that
I am really addicted to giving up without even trying.
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Old 03-08-2014, 12:33 PM
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I thought I was addicted to alcohol. But I was really addicted to helplessness and addicted to caving into my fears.
what you said exactly ty EQ!
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Old 06-08-2014, 08:45 AM
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I thought I was addicted to alcohol......
but what I was really addicted to was:
Hiding from the responsibility of creating a happy life for myself.
I was addicted to the idea that I did not deserve a happy life
and had accepted I would not be having one. And stopped trying.
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Old 06-08-2014, 08:53 AM
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I thought I was addicted to alcohol but... yeah I'm addicted to alcohol, and inebriation, any altered state of reality really. I'm addicted to anything but the truth. I'm addicted to an image. I'm addicted to maintaining that image. I'm addicted to not trying too hard. I'm addicted to feeding my ego.
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