"rosie readandpost" <readandpost@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "debs" <debs172@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:bd90e5$deu$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> > I have spent the whole of my sober time with alcohol in the house. I just
> > decided that it wasn't for me anymore.
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> in my alcoholism, i decided alot of things, but didn't start recovery until i learned to follow
suggestions, and stop
> making my own decisions for awhile.
> for me, that meant removing all alcohol from the house for a time.
> i did the same thing when i quit smoking.
> all cigs, butts, lighters and ashtrays were removed.
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> does that make me weak?
> don't know, don't care.
> i am a smoke free recovering alcoholic, and i went to any lengths to be so!
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> that is my experience, and it is not meant to be a comment on anyone else's road to recovery!
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> rosie
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Dear Rosie,

I'm glad you found it possible to remove all that tempted you from your house. If you were livng
alone at the time, that would have been an easier thing for you to do than if you were sharing your
home with someone who likes a drink and who does not want to give it up. Depending on their
circumstances, an alcohlic who wants to become a recovering alcoholic will use whatever means they
have available to acheive their goal. However they chose to achieve it, they don't deserve
criticism. This adds to their stress. Instead, they deserve praise.

JB


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