Every day I can chose to commit a slow suicide with alcohol or to live without it.
When I drive by a liquor store I can hear a voice saying "hey friend let's hangout" and I say "your not my friend all you want to do is destroy my life, friendships and steal everything that's important to me"
It may sound kooky but it was suggested that I give my addiction a name like destroyer or liar. So I use my imagination to create bad names for that voice when it says "come on I won't hurt you this time it will be different I will make things better" I say leave me alone your not my friend.
It helps me feel better and my God surrounds me with love and comforts me and says "I'm with you to help you live"
So I keep the faith and do the work and it helps to remind me that I'm never alone.
I named mine Stan (like from the Eminem song). It doesn’t sound kooky at all. When I start to feel him control my thoughts, I’m like, “fu(k you Stan. Not today.”.
Mine is named Evan.