" rosie readandpost" <readandpost@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:wg%Cd.170789$ye4.53001@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> January 5, 2005
>
>
> Daily Reflections
>
> TOTAL ACCEPTANCE
>
> He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will
> be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without
> it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will
> be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end.
> ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.152
>
> Only an alcoholic can understand the exact meaning of a
> statement like this one. The double standard that held
> me captive as an active alcoholic also filled me with
> terror and confusion: "If I don't get a drink I'm going
> to die," competed with "If I continue drinking it's
> going to kill me." Both compulsive thoughts pushed me
> ever closer to the bottom. That bottom produced a total
> acceptance of my alcoholism - with no reservations
> whatsoever - and one that was absolutely essential for
> my recovery.

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So, those who believe themselves to be alcoholics who
argue/claim/suggest that it is not possible to recover from
alcoholism, have not totally accepted their alcoholism ?

JB