DO I HAVE A CHOICE? The fact is that most alcoholics,

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DO I HAVE A CHOICE?

The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent.
— ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 24

My powerlessness over alcohol does not cease when I quit drinking. In sobriety I still have no choice—I can’t drink.
The choice I do have is to pick up and use the “kit of spiritual tools” (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 25). When I do that, my Higher Power relieves me of my lack of choice—and keeps me sober one more day. If I could choose not to pick up a drink today, where then would be my need for A.A. or a Higher Power?

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:ok_hand: Thank you!

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What you have to remember is that powerless doesn’t mean you cannot drink any more, we know that through our behaviors. What it means is that you will always drink again you have no control over it, unless you work these steps, help others, and allow God to remove this urge. If you stop short or stop working a program, you will always drink or use again even when you don’t want to

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