Give up one thing to get everything, or give up everything for one thing
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Give up one thing to get everything, or give up everything for one thing
I saw this today and it really resonated with me. It's the illogic and severity of addiction in one simple phrase. So true.
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I love this! To me it means, give up that one thing - ALCOHOL and embrace sobriety to either get or get back everything of importance to yourself (loved ones, self respect, trust, financial securities, etc.) OR lose all of it eventually if you choose to pick up that ONE drink that will turn into a thousand drinks!
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So true. The person who won the lotto isn't thinking about the $2 he gave up on the ticket.
But before I got sober, all I could think about was how $2 was too much to give up to win the lotto.
But before I got sober, all I could think about was how $2 was too much to give up to win the lotto.
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Originally Posted by Wastinglife 
Unfortunately, I had already lost everything when I got sober for the first time. All got from giving up alcohol was loneliness, isolation, and depression. I waited far too long to get help.
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Never heard it before but love this, definitely summarizes the insanity of addiction, the possibilities in recovery, and the maddening dissonance I lived before I got sober. Will add it to the "tape" I like to play when I have cravings 
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