ALCOHOL side effects and Stabalizing
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Author: tearj3rker
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:40 pm
| MrChris wrote: |
| We all are here because we all have a propensity to abuse mind-altering substances, albeit the ones I abused were illegal and, yes, alcohol is legal, but it is also a mind-altering elixir; something that everyone here should be avoiding like the plague. I understand that everyone on here is different, and I’m not judging anyone on their choices; that would be the pot calling the kettle black. But how many times do you remember drinking, and doing something stupid, or something that you regret? |
I don’t drink to get drunk. The only times I’ve done stuff I’ve regretted on alcohol was while I was a binge-drinking teenager. I just don’t like the feeling of being drunk. That’s why I settled on heroin.
All’s I’m trying to say is, just because alcohol doesn’t work for you, doesn’t mean all recovering addicts should be 100% abstinent from alcohol. The thought / idea is ridiculous. Many addicts have a risk of cross-addiction to alcohol, but not all of them. When people claim that no recovering addict can drink alcohol manageably, it denies the option of drinking from those recovering addicts who can actually do it. It’s totally one-size-fits-all.
ALCOHOL side effects and Stabalizing
by Admin
Call 1 (888) 460-6556 to speak with a counselor.
Author: tearj3rker
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:40 pm
| MrChris wrote: |
| We all are here because we all have a propensity to abuse mind-altering substances, albeit the ones I abused were illegal and, yes, alcohol is legal, but it is also a mind-altering elixir; something that everyone here should be avoiding like the plague. I understand that everyone on here is different, and I’m not judging anyone on their choices; that would be the pot calling the kettle black. But how many times do you remember drinking, and doing something stupid, or something that you regret? |
I don’t drink to get drunk. The only times I’ve done stuff I’ve regretted on alcohol was while I was a binge-drinking teenager. I just don’t like the feeling of being drunk. That’s why I settled on heroin.
All’s I’m trying to say is, just because alcohol doesn’t work for you, doesn’t mean all recovering addicts should be 100% abstinent from alcohol. The thought / idea is ridiculous. Many addicts have a risk of cross-addiction to alcohol, but not all of them. When people claim that no recovering addict can drink alcohol manageably, it denies the option of drinking from those recovering addicts who can actually do it. It’s totally one-size-fits-all.
