Why do you think some people can control their drinking and some people can't?
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For me, I just chose not to control it in the beginning. I was bored, celebrating, whatever, and I was a "grown up" so I could do whatever I want. It obviously didn't occur to me to consider what the outcome would be if I binge drank every day for years. What did I think would happen?! *facepalm. But.. it does run in my family as well, I wonder if it was just always in me, waiting for me to feed it. Who knows.
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Originally Posted by ScottFromWI 
I personally found that trying to find the answer to this very question was one of the things holding me back from getting sober. I desperately wanted to know "WHY" i was an alcoholic, and I spent agonizing hours researching it on the internet, reading books. etc. In the end though what I really wanted was to fix the reason "why" and start drinking normally again.
For me the only answer that allows me to live my current life is "because I am an alcoholic". Why other people are not alcoholics is irrelevant because I am.
Ask yourself this James - what would change in your life if you did know why?
For me the only answer that allows me to live my current life is "because I am an alcoholic". Why other people are not alcoholics is irrelevant because I am.
Ask yourself this James - what would change in your life if you did know why?
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Joe & Charlie Big Book Study listen to this and this pretty much answers your question
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Originally Posted by tomsteve
Why do you think some people can control their drinking and some people can't?
im an alcoholic.
they arent.
im an alcoholic.
they arent.
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the only drinkers who attempt to exercise CONTROL are problem drinkers/alcoholics. not everyone has "the condition" or the allergic reaction.
for some people it's bee stings.
or shellfish.
or nuts.
or penicillin.
for some it just happens to be alcohol.
for some people it's bee stings.
or shellfish.
or nuts.
or penicillin.
for some it just happens to be alcohol.
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I controlled my drinking for many years. Somewhere along the line a switch flipped and it came to control me. If I hadn't started drinking daily, I don't believe it would have taken ahold of me like it did. Prior to my daily drinking, I maybe drank twice a year?? I firmly believe my neurotransmitters were changed somewhere along the line.
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