>>>I hate to say this Mike, but if you keep this up, pretty soon people here are going to stop feeling sorry for you and just tune you out instead.
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>>>CALL YOUR DAMN SPONSOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>>>Oh, so sorry, silly me ... I should have yelled at you *hours* ago! I'm surprised Tracy didn't yet. Maybe the tuning out has already begun.
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>>Replying to all ---
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>>(And yes, I know it's 3:15 in the morning. I slept so much from yesterday afternoon on I am now wide awake. Will try to get back to sleep for a couple more hours after posting, until it's time for Emily to get up).
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>>Allie prevailed on me to stop drinking early yesterday afternoon. I poured out what was left. I did call my sponsor and had a long talk with him. Yeah, I know, I'm supposed to make that call before drinking or buying alcohol. (To Marcia and Alan, I don't keep it in the house. When the urge gets too strong I go out and buy it. There have been times I have resisted the urge to do so, but obviously not every time).
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>Ok then Mike, back to "Step 1.", which, just in case you forgot was:
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>Step 1. Don't buy liquor.
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>After which, there is no step 2.
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It would really be terrific if it was that simple. Guiding principles from a Cracker Jack box. What you're missing or refusing to see is that there is a biochemical element as well as an ingrained psychological element. It isn't something that can be swatted away so lightly.

And idiot can go out and buy liquor in minutes' time. Saying don't do it is no recipe for a cure. The urge has to be extinguished, both physically and mentally.

You've always been one of my favorites here but I think you are badly wrong in this case. Maybe it's something only the afflicted can truly understand. Be thankful you aren't one of us.