September 10, 2005

Alcoholism is Unconditional

Alcoholism respects no ifs. It does not go away, not for a week, for a day, or even for an hour, leaving us nonalcoholic and able to drink again on some special occasion or for some extraordinary reason -- not even if it is a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, or a big sorrow hits us, or if it rains in Spain or the stars fall on Alabama. Alcoholism for us is unconditional, with no dispensations available at any price.

c. 1998 AAWS, Living Sober, p. 63

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