This is why it can be useful to know why you can’t stop drinking in the first place. Bad habits are fixed with discipline and self-awareness. A compulsion requires constant vigilance to prevent you from going over the edge and returning to the dark place. Fix one, and everything else falls into place. I think this is the difference between those with a compulsion and those with a bad habit.īad habits respond well to the domino effect. Once I recognized this, I changed my environment and habits. I used to brag that 95% of my problems were caused or exacerbated by alcohol. I could shut it off and walk away, but when it was on, my life was a wreck. ![]() I believe these are the types of people who need Alcoholics Anonymous to get sober. These people truly have an addiction and “need” to drink every day. The first group is what most people think of when they imagine alcoholics. The outcome is the same, but the process is different. I believe there are two types of alcoholics (generally speaking): people who have a drinking problem and people who have problems while drinking. While the community is solid and it has many success stories, it wasn’t for me. I went to an AA meeting on the first day of my sobriety. When I decided to stop drinking, I enlisted the power of every tool at my disposal to guarantee success. No matter how well things are going, that terror keeps me from ever picking up a drink again and exposing myself to my dark side. I still think about what it would be like if I caused a drunk driving accident.
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