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Originally Posted by 3kings
I agree with this, the closer you are and the more you are impacted the less compassion you will have.
The most interesting thing about this thread to me and how it differs from Cancer etc..... Kev said if he goes to the bar he knows he will drink and not be able to stop. He has been able to avoid this temptation and not drink for a while now. People with cancer or other awful diseases do not have this option. While both are diseases I believe that people with alcoholism, at least in some cases, can make choices that will keep them healthy.
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Going into a bar doesn't actually bother me. Being around alcohol doesn't bother me in the least. Hell, I bought the boys a few rounds in Tampa and had no problem carrying 2-3 beers in my hands. There was no temptation there at all for me.
The difficult thing for me to convey and equally difficult for the average drinker to understand is that when an alcoholic is in the depths of his illness, there is no choice. That is the power that alcohol can have over people. When it comes to alcohol, my mind and body are wired completely different than others. I never expect anyone to understand that, just as I can't understand people that are able to have just a few.
As a group, we can go around and around about this topic all day, but just like most controversial topics, there is always gonna be 2 sides and rarely will one side be able to change the view points of others. Personally, I am blessed to have family and friends in my life that, even though they may not understand alcoholism, they support me in my effort to remain sober.
03-07-2012, 08:28 AM
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