>>>>I feel myself recovering.
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>>>Just like that???
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>>I read that as meaning he was detoxing and feeling better, not that he was recovering from the addiction itself.
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>You never recover from the addiction itself. It is a lifelong condition. Longtime addicts are careful to say they are in recovery, not recovered. You are fortunate enough to not have the disease. Half a can of near beer knocks you on your ass. Count yourself lucky.

I've never actually had as much as half a can of beer. Can't get it past my nose.

But yes, one drink makes me feel like I have the flu, so I simply don't drink. And yes, I'm lucky not to have inherited a tendency to alcoholism.


Tamar