"I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic than go through life drunk trying to convince myself that I am not."
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(if anyone knows who quoted this, I will update it. I couldn't find the source.)
(I spent so many years telling myself that "I got this" and denying that I really had a problem with alcohol. Yes, I spent a lot of time thinking about it while I was drinking a lot of the time.)
