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Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm
I've never understood alchoholism. If you can't control it, why do it?
Do they just think it's not a problem? And if you know it IS a problem, why drink? It's like putting your hand into a fire. Ow, that fire hurts, but maybe THIS time it won't burn me?
I am not trying to be ignorant. I just don't understand that, if you know you are a bad drunk, why drink?
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Because it is a compulsion that is very hard, and occasionally impossible, to control?
It's not like locking your doors when you drive through the bad part of town. It's not a 'judgement' thing. Actually, it is quite the opposite, and the OP is illustrating this. He
knows he has a problem, and yet, feels compelled to continually act on this.
I feel like a the worst cliche on the planet for what I am about to do (aand for the second time in a week no less), but...
Dr. Rosen: You can't reason your way out of this!
Nash: Why not? Why can't I?
Dr. Rosen: Because your mind is where the problem is in the first place!
/end cliche
To the OP, good luck with your future decision making, might not mean much, but it warms my heart to read posts like this. There are definitely resources that are available through provincial health, which is where I would start, but my advice is not from personal experience.
Good luck dude.