Posted by akc on September 7, 2001, at 14:52:26
In reply to Bikes and booze., posted by Greg A. on September 7, 2001, at 13:37:56
> Here are some of my ruses to make this drinking acceptable:
> I have exercised so I deserve a reward
> I am a connoisseur of wine and beer
> I am replacing fluids
> I am functional the next day so what’s the problem
> I never drink during the day
> If you think my drinking is a problem – what about so and so.
>
> Thoughts?A friend and I were talking this morning (we are both in recovery). She has had a particularly stressful week and was commenting how she would like to be able to join the masses and just have a couple of cold ones to "unwind" -- I then pointed out that the masses actually don't drink on a daily basis to unwind -- they take deep breathes, talk to a friend, go for a walk, journal, so forth, and so on. Ah, the alcoholic mind. It talks to me almost daily -- it is cunning, powerful, baffling -- and deceitful.
"Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obesession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death." Chapter 3 of the Big Book.
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