>>>>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.
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>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.
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>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.

I realise it's probably not quite the same, but I smoked over 2 packs a day once upon a time. There too there are both chemical and psychological components. I quit and I have no willpower to speak of. I just did it.