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Originally Posted by First Lady
Most alcholics (or any addict) don't realize what they have done to their wives, husbands, famiies until it's too late.
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That is true in many cases for sure. Alcoholics can be very self-centred individuals who have no idea how much pain they are inflicting. Other alcoholics see the destruction of their family lives as just another reason to drink more as a means of self-medication. It is an ugly feedback loop - your drinking hurts the people that you care about the most but the only way to deal with the pain that comes with it is to drink more.
Drinking is most dangerous when it is used as an analgesic to try to deal with (or avoid) pain. I have struggled with this over the past month or so...I am ok with drinking but get worried when I drink for the "wrong reasons" which has been a problem for me recently.