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drinking and recovery??
I was having this conversation and wanted to know others thoughts. Do you think recovering addicts (not alcoholics) can casually drink (drink a glass or 2 at dinner, not trying to get drunk) and not relapse to their DOC? Also do you think its possible to stay a "casual" drinker and not turn alcohol in to a transferred addiction?
Thanks for your input!
Thanks for your input!
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it is certainly possible for some addicts . . . i would say a rare few. i know one dedicated opiate addict who still drinks wine in small amounts from time-to-time.
that's not the case for me and it doesn't seem to be the case for the vast majority of addicts. NA is pretty clear on this point . . . being clean and sober means abstaining from all "recreational" drugs --- and "alcohol is a drug."
in How it Works, NA's Basic Text says:
The only way to keep from returning to active addiction is not to take that first drug. If you are like us you know that one is too many and a thousand never enough. We put great emphasis on this, for we know that when we use drugs in any form, or substitute one for another, we release our addiction all over again. Thinking of alcohol as different from other drugs has caused a great many addicts to relapse. Before we came to NA, many of us viewed alcohol separately, but we cannot afford to be confused about this. Alcohol is a drug. We are people with the disease of addiction who must abstain from all drugs in order to recover."
i'm lucky. i never have to worry or wonder whether it would be ok for me to drink. anytime i put ANY mind-altering substance in my body i'm off to the races.
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that's not the case for me and it doesn't seem to be the case for the vast majority of addicts. NA is pretty clear on this point . . . being clean and sober means abstaining from all "recreational" drugs --- and "alcohol is a drug."
in How it Works, NA's Basic Text says:
The only way to keep from returning to active addiction is not to take that first drug. If you are like us you know that one is too many and a thousand never enough. We put great emphasis on this, for we know that when we use drugs in any form, or substitute one for another, we release our addiction all over again. Thinking of alcohol as different from other drugs has caused a great many addicts to relapse. Before we came to NA, many of us viewed alcohol separately, but we cannot afford to be confused about this. Alcohol is a drug. We are people with the disease of addiction who must abstain from all drugs in order to recover."
i'm lucky. i never have to worry or wonder whether it would be ok for me to drink. anytime i put ANY mind-altering substance in my body i'm off to the races.
CATUF
2749
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I dont believe it is a good idea to go there especially in the early months. Our brain still isnt healed and that little "gnome" that swings in the back of your head starts to take over your playground~