The great obsession of every abnormal drinker
Laozi Old Man
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Detroit, MI
Posts: 6,665
I no longer think about drinking or not drinking. Some say it is easier to stay sober than to get sober. I wouldn't know, I never did learn how to stay sober.
I find it is easier to stay spiritually fit than to stay sober. When I am spiritually fit, drinking never even shows up on my radar screen.
I find it is easier to stay spiritually fit than to stay sober. When I am spiritually fit, drinking never even shows up on my radar screen.
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Nashville TN
Posts: 42
I kept looking for the chapter on "figuring it all out" in the Big Book and I will be damned, it is not in there. Seriously, it is not about not drinking today, it is all about how to live. That is the true gift of this program.
Laozi Old Man
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Detroit, MI
Posts: 6,665
Originally Posted by Fishman35 
I kept looking for the chapter on "figuring it all out" in the Big Book and I will be damned, it is not in there.
Dr. Paul O. is the author of the famous story/paragraph "Acceptance is the Answer". He wrote a book titled "There is More to Quitting Drinking than Quitting Drinking".
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: New York, NY
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A huge component of alcoholism is denial. Each day I told myself I wouldn't get sober again ... and I was a daily drinker. I also told myself that I would just have a glass of wine "to take the edge off" ... and I was a blackout drinker. I became a solitary drinker because I thought if I drank around other people THEY would think I'm an alcoholic.
There's a reason the disease of alcoholism is categorized as a mental illness by the American Medical Association. I didn't even realize how screwed up I am until I had about 10 years of sobriety under my belt.
There's a reason the disease of alcoholism is categorized as a mental illness by the American Medical Association. I didn't even realize how screwed up I am until I had about 10 years of sobriety under my belt.
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Oregon
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Originally Posted by NYCDoglvr
A huge component of alcoholism is denial. Each day I told myself I wouldn't *drink* again ... and I was a daily drinker. I also told myself that I would just have a glass of wine "to take the edge off" ... and I was a blackout drinker. I became a solitary drinker because I thought if I drank around other people THEY would think I'm an alcoholic.
There's a reason the disease of alcoholism is categorized as a mental illness by the American Medical Association. I didn't even realize how screwed up I am until I had about 10 years of sobriety under my belt.
There's a reason the disease of alcoholism is categorized as a mental illness by the American Medical Association. I didn't even realize how screwed up I am until I had about 10 years of sobriety under my belt.
My social life nosedived over the past decade because I knew I wasn't just gonna have a few with the girls, I knew I was going to get wasted and wanted to be safe on my couch where no one could judge me.
I'm only a week sober and I'm trying not to get too sure of myself. I feel SO darn good! Clear-headed, awake, alert, proud for once. But I'm scared too. Surely the day will come when the bottle is in my hand and I'm talking myself off that ledge.
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