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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Firpo" data-source="post: 3903816" data-attributes="member: 45550"><p>Just a bit of clarity, for an alcoholic drinking has absolutely NOTHING to do with self control or will power. To suggest you can’t stop drinking because of those reasons suggests a lack of character which is a fallacy, inaccurate and very counterproductive. It’s like saying someone with cancer, Parkinson’s or (fill in the blank) could have a complete recovery only if they displayed more intestinal fortitude. If some disagree I suggest reading the first 164 pages of the AA Big Book along with all the Xs Is and Vs preceding. There’s a night and day difference between a heavy drinker and an alcoholic and if this sounds familiar you’re most likely the latter. A heavy drinker can simply quit if given a good enough reason while to an alcoholic, they feel they “will die if they take another drink and if they don’t take a drink they’re going to die” both simultaneously. Talk about feeling hopeless and helpless.</p></blockquote><p></p>