Posted by lorily on July 8, 2004, at 12:51:27
In reply to I agree with this poster! (nm) » sophie33, posted by partlycloudy on July 8, 2004, at 11:55:41
I agree with the "whatever works" concept except when it relates to substuting one substance for another. Just take a look at those who wrote about taking valium months ago and they're still drinking. Valium is a nice high. If I thought I could get away with it without getting strung out--sure I'd do it too. Valium withdrawal is no picnic, either.
Now, when people say they got sober because their wife/husband/kids/job/lost the license pressured them into it---"whatever works"
when someone says they kept going to meetings because there were cute women/men and they ended up getting sober---"whatever works"
when they get sober because their drinking buddie passed out on his back and drowned in their own vomit and they didn't want to die that way---"whatever works"
when someone gets sober after they visit a friend's new baby at the hospital and they see other babies suffering from alcohol and drug withdrawal, or they see the victim of a drunk driver being wheeled in---"whatever works"
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