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Originally Posted by taplow 
On here, if it's not a positive, heartwarming message, it means you've got to spell everything out. It's not about wrong or right, it's about facts. The fact is that I've made drinking such a problem myself. I built it up into this big thing, and now I'm stuck.
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Originally Posted by taplow
What exactly am I demanding?
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"I don't think it's enough just to say, you are wrong without saying why - or to clarify something."
I think you're wrong because there are people right here on SR who recognized that their drinking was ruining their lives, knew it would be very difficult to quit, but tackled the problem anyway, worked hard, and SUCCEEDED (eventually, at least) in getting and staying sober.
There's plenty of real-life evidence that recognizing how hard it is to quit drinking doesn't mean you CAN'T quit drinking.
I think you're wrong because there are people right here on SR who recognized that their drinking was ruining their lives, knew it would be very difficult to quit, but tackled the problem anyway, worked hard, and SUCCEEDED (eventually, at least) in getting and staying sober.
There's plenty of real-life evidence that recognizing how hard it is to quit drinking doesn't mean you CAN'T quit drinking.
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Hi taplow,
I know how it is when drunk, the theories one can come up with make perfect sense. I remember so many drunken aha moments. The musings and ramblings in my head seemed so logical. Waxing philosophical while drunk seemed so damned profound. Felt like f*cking Socrates when I was all tanked up.
It's not real though.
What do you want for your life?
I know how it is when drunk, the theories one can come up with make perfect sense. I remember so many drunken aha moments. The musings and ramblings in my head seemed so logical. Waxing philosophical while drunk seemed so damned profound. Felt like f*cking Socrates when I was all tanked up.
It's not real though.
What do you want for your life?
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"I admit, I drink because I'm a weak minded ********."
My opinion is as follows.
1. I do drugs because I am weak minded.
2. How do I strengthen my mind?
3. Meetings, Forums, Sponsor, Reading, Praying, and the list of exercises goes on.
Recovery starts with abstinence. Start by stopping. The void will be uncomfortable. Find things to fill the void. This will help keep one from sitting and thinking about the void.
Call it a disease and treat it. Call it a weakness and strengthen it. Call it a character defect and repair it. Just figure out what you need to do and then do it, for yourself.
My opinion is as follows.
1. I do drugs because I am weak minded.
2. How do I strengthen my mind?
3. Meetings, Forums, Sponsor, Reading, Praying, and the list of exercises goes on.
Recovery starts with abstinence. Start by stopping. The void will be uncomfortable. Find things to fill the void. This will help keep one from sitting and thinking about the void.
Call it a disease and treat it. Call it a weakness and strengthen it. Call it a character defect and repair it. Just figure out what you need to do and then do it, for yourself.
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