Posted by Uncle Lou on July 1, 2005, at 11:34:14
In reply to Re: I pretend to be asleep, posted by AdaGrace on July 1, 2005, at 11:08:57
If you know that alcohol is the only thing that makes you feel like you can cope, that's not unusual. I felt the same way since I starting drinking in my teens. Although you might feel like no one else can relate or understand what you're going through, you and I and alot more people out there are exactly the same. You're not an alcoholic because of your husband, you're not an alcoholic because of the way you were brought up, you're not an alcoholic because anything 'made' you that way. You have a disease. I used to think it was b*llshit too. I don't anymore, I understand that our brains are wired different than 'normal' drinkers. Accepting that fact made recovery for me possible. I won't bore you with anymore alcoholic talk unless you want to hear it. Let me know.
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