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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.

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gjm 08/27/2010

Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect
produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they
admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the
true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the only
normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless
they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes
at once by taking a few drinks, drinks which they see others
taking with impunity."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Doctor's Opinion, pg. xxviii~

gjm 08/27/2010

From my exp. this has helped more than anything else. Yes it comes from the book of Alcoholic Anonymous but in my opinion even if your not into the program this explains why we drink or drank. I was told early on if you can relate to this your probably have the disease of alcoholism. Its all about the effect and how it made us feel.

To recovery everyone which ever way you choose that keeps you from taking the 1st drink.

deleted_user 08/27/2010

drinks which they see others
taking with impunity."

this is the part that makes me resentful....I'm working on it and gotta get where I feel glad that I'm not having a drink. See my convo with my husband on my journal...yeah. well.

Compost 08/27/2010

Yep, this is familar- that discontent I sought to fill but soon found the booze fix elusive. It just didn't work anymore.

But happily, sobriety does.

gjm 08/27/2010

CP, Same here "just didn't work anymore" then came the time my body required it.

Chris, Common sense? I didn't have a clue until I gave it up and got educated on the disease.

gr8ful2b 08/27/2010

Every single day I spent chasing the initial "ahhhhh" of the first drink.

Thankfully, the day came for me when the alcohol stopped working.

When I was out with my family, I was miserable, waiting with my foot tapping to get back to my bar (home) so I could seek out relief. Thought about it all through the day. Reminded me of Pavlov's dogs when the bell rang!

m8bear 08/27/2010

For me, you need the rest of that paragraph too, especially the last sentence. It nails relapse down to a tee I think.

'After they have succombed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again. 'This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic cahnge there is little hope of recovery'.

Luckily for me I found AA and keep reading this with my sponsor.

gjm 08/27/2010

Thanks for adding it on--So true about the psychic change for me, there was a time if I heard that I would have thought yeah right.

m8bear 08/27/2010

You and me both gjm...and you can see I even typed the whole lot out! That is dedication eh?

Hugs to ya (hug)

gjm 08/27/2010

M8, Yes I see you typed it all out. Your just giving away that was so freely given to you,

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