If you're like me, if you can't stop on the way home for a beer with the guys and know with absolute certainty whether you'll eventually get home or get arrested, if you're desperately seeking ways to stop paying dire consequences for drinking, I have great news. The answer is so simple you'll wonder why you didn't think of it. Ready?
DON"T DRINK.
Now notice that the words Don't Drink are a complete sentence and are followed by a period. Put another way, it's not Don't drink as much, don't drink in the mornings, don't drink beer instead of whiskey, don't drink during the week. No, it's "Don't Drink." Ever. So there you have it, problem solved. Except that if you're like me you won't be able to just "Don't drink." Praying will prove useless, good intentions will fail you, and eventually you end up crushed and defeated by a merciless obsession to drink.
That's called powerless. Doctors agree that the only cure for alcoholism is complete abstinence. Yet the definition of an alcoholic is that he can't stop drinking, Alcoholics Anonymous calls it the fatal nature of the dilemma. So if you don't want to just crawl up on the couch with a bottle and drink yourself to death you're going to need help. A good place to start would be Alcoholics Anonymous an organization of hopeless drunks who have found a solution to this ancient form of insanity, a way that has worked for millions over the last 76 years.
So there you have it, my public service announcement of the day. Good luck.
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