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When I’m in disagreement with someone, the disagreement itself usually isn’t the problem. What actually disturbs me is what happens inside of me once I…
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The literature doesn’t say resentments kill alcoholics. It says they destroy us. That word matters. Kill sounds fast. Sudden. Final. Destroy is slower. More thorough.…
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When I first heard the phrase “give it away to keep it,” I nodded along like I understood it. It sounded right. It sounded wise.…
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For most of my drinking life, my attempts to stop always started the same way. Something would happen. I’d scare myself. I’d hurt someone. I’d…
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For a long time, I thought the solution to my problems was changing my behavior. If I could just stop doing the things that caused…
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Before I ever got sober, I used to wonder why the smallest things set me off. Big problems didn’t always push me toward a drink.
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When I first got sober, I honestly believed I could think my way into staying sober. I figured if I just tried hard enough, stayed…
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When I first stopped drinking, I thought the hardest part would be not picking up a drink. I figured if I could just stay away…
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One of the first suggestions I heard in AA was to “take it one day at a time.” It sounded simple, but it wasn’t something…
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I thought the problem was that I just needed to control it better. If I could drink less, space it out, or change how I…