So what made me do it, what made me quit? After embarrassing myself beyond belief in front of my twenty year-old son I knew I had to make a change. Never could I allow something like that to happen again.
I decided that I was stronger than my "addiction"....that I valued me more than I did the bottle; that I was not going to get caught slippin too intoxicated to defend myself or drive; or not in control of my mental and physical faculties simply because I couldn't control my urge to drink. I decided that I loved me more than the bottle and sought no sympathy, understanding or approval other than my own.
**Love of self is neither vanity or arrogance - its survival** and that's worked for me. Survival is still the prime directive and I will not render myself obsolete with booze. To others who suffer from alcoholism and may read this, in battling alcoholism there is no greater love than love of self and if you love yourself enough, you will defeat this.
Faccia Brutta
So what made me do it, what made me quit? After embarrassing myself beyond belief in front of my twenty year-old son I knew I had to make a change. Never could I allow something like that to happen again.
I decided that I was stronger than my "addiction"....that I valued me more than I did the bottle; that I was not going to get caught slippin too intoxicated to defend myself or drive; or not in control of my mental and physical faculties simply because I couldn't control my urge to drink. I decided that I loved me more than the bottle and sought no sympathy, understanding or approval other than my own.
**Love of self is neither vanity or arrogance - its survival** and that's worked for me. Survival is still the prime directive and I will not render myself obsolete with booze. To others who suffer from alcoholism and may read this, in battling alcoholism there is no greater love than love of self and if you love yourself enough, you will defeat this.
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