Incomprehensible Demoralization.
scarletbooksandthoughts replied to your post: It’s not about how much you drink…
wow that is super powerful.
I wrote this because I have been seeing all these silly debates on how many drinks it takes to have a drinking problem. And the answer is - you can’t put a number on that.
It’s interesting. When people know you are sober, they want you to diagnose everyone else. But honestly, I don’t think it’s that easy. Sometimes I see people drinking in an unhealthy manner but I wouldn’t run and call them an alcoholic. I also probably wouldn’t seek them out to hang out with. There are so many wonderful non-drinking things to do.
I really believe it’s a self-diagnosed condition and only the individual can seek recovery. Recovery is hard, it’s the hardest thing I have ever done. You can’t force it on someone.
Believe me, I have tried to get friends sober. It doesn’t work and at the end of the day, its a waste of time and life. Time that I could spend working on myself.
I know that for me, I couldn’t live with how drinking made me feel. It’s still a decision I have to wake up and actively choose. Life is not a fairy tale, there’s no grand ending. As soon as you learn to accept that, sobriety gets a whole lot easier. Life becomes fun.
