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Honesty to I have been sober a short time and recently went on a baseball trip with my son. The other parents, good people all drank in parking lot before game. When I was drinking I could never do that, I would of continued on and missed most of game if not all. The non alcoholic can have 2 drinks go to game and return to hotel , socialise and go to bed. Not me, one beer and it's off to the races, runaway train on a journey to nowhere, when I was younger and woke up in airports I laughed it off, I had no responsibility so I was only hurting myself, but I never considered it alcoholic, I lied to myself and attributed the behaviour to excitement and thrill, but waking up in New York city , not knowing how you landed( LaGuardia or Kennedy) and then continue on to Fort Lauderdale is alcoholic, and behaviour such as this was happenstance in my life and I shrugged it off , because the devil of denial allowed me to lie to myself.So if anyone out there is really questioning" Are they alcoholic" ask yourself can I have two drinks and stop; not just merely stop most of us could do that, stop with peace and no aggravation. Social drinkers are different from me, I love them to death they are always in control, whereas I was always under control of John Barleycorn.

  Bunchie ( sober for awhile and then I fall prey to the thrill which no longer exists)



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This sounds very familiar to me ... ... ... been there, done that ... and got some scars to remind me how good it is not to be drink'n ...


Thanks Bunchie ...



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Like BB King sang... "The thrill is gone"



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Bunchie wrote:

...when I was younger and woke up in airports I laughed it off, I had no responsibility so I was only hurting myself, but I never considered it alcoholic, I lied to myself and attributed the behaviour to excitement and thrill, but waking up in New York city , not knowing how you landed( LaGuardia or Kennedy) and then continue on to Fort Lauderdale is alcoholic....


 Bunchie, you wouldn't be an airline pilot by any chance....?



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ooh,ooh, ... I personally know an airline pilot that was arrested in the cockpit and removed from the plane ... made the National headlines, years ago ... he and I were in the same 'Home Group' ...

He's actually back in the pilot's seat now, but it took a while and he's a great guy ... sober ... 'nough said else I give too much info ...



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