Alcoholism Support Group
Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.
"Some of you are thinking: "Yes, what you tell us is true, but it doesnt fully apply. We admit that we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves so well after what you have told us that such things cannot happen again. We have not lost everything in life through drinking and we certainly do not intend to. Thanks for the information".
That may be true of certain non alcoholic people who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not been damaged as ours were. But the actual or potential alocholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self knowledge. This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience."
AA Big Book pg38/39
That may be true of certain non alcoholic people who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not been damaged as ours were. But the actual or potential alocholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self knowledge. This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience."
AA Big Book pg38/39
Thank you Nicky.
xo
When I first got to AA I heard alcoholism described and thought - now I know all that I surely wont drink . But I did.
Self knowledge definitely didnt work for me as a tool to stay sober. That was hard to take as i am arrogant, believe in knowledge as power and prided myself on my intellect. I was devasted to find out that I couldnt solve my problem simply by understanding it.
I needed another way.
Just kidding. Maybe my higher power is sending me messages.
:)
Great post. Yep. That was me. All the way to the bottom of my pit.
I couldn't think my way out of it though. I had to freakin stop! What a concept...