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Re: just trying to understand...

Posted by just so sad on May 12, 2005, at 13:29:22

In reply to Re: just trying to understand..., posted by Phil on May 12, 2005, at 13:15:34

There are counselling groups that say you can recover from being an alcoholic, while AA says you are always recovering. IMO, I think if you have a certain predelection (sp?) to alcoholism, even a small amount will trigger a need, but someone who is not aloholic can drink for a week (say on vacation) and not think about it at all when they return to normal activities. I could abstain when necessary (working, tending kids, driving, volunteering, etc.) but whenever I was off-duty, out would come the bottle. And prior to this last month (where I have been doing well by not drinking alone) I would actually take little airplane bottles of alcohol in my travel bag so I could splash vodka in my OJ while visiting the in-laws, #1 so they wouldn't know how much I drank, and #2, so I could get through the visit without exploding. Rambling again. Sorry. Hope this gives you some insight.


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