Comments on: Alcoholism and Free Choice http://johntmarohn.com/blog/uncategorized/alcoholism-and-free-choice/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John T Marohn http://johntmarohn.com/blog/uncategorized/alcoholism-and-free-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-6796 John T Marohn Sat, 25 Jun 2011 02:56:27 +0000 http://johntmarohn.com/blog/?p=115#comment-6796 Cheri, "Just stop" is such a profound phrase that so many people, including myself at one time, just believed. I naively thought that any alcoholic or addict could "just stop." My experience has been that I need others, that I need to be honest with people I trust, that, with some kind of network support, the road to recovery is less agonizing. Thanks for your thoughtful response John Cheri, “Just stop” is such a profound phrase that so many people, including myself at one time, just believed. I naively thought that any alcoholic or addict could “just stop.”

My experience has been that I need others, that I need to be honest with people I trust, that, with some kind of network support, the road to recovery is less agonizing.

Thanks for your thoughtful response

John

]]> By: Cheri http://johntmarohn.com/blog/uncategorized/alcoholism-and-free-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-6759 Cheri Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:07:46 +0000 http://johntmarohn.com/blog/?p=115#comment-6759 As being a daughter of an alcoholic (My Dad died 25 years sober) and married to one, I always considered myself to be a "normie". I never understood the concept of not being able to "just stop". That is of course I had the unfortunate circumstance that triggered the biological addict in myself a few years back. I still struggle to this day of questioning whether it is just a matter of my will to stop or if I just didn't want to. Finally you get to a point to where it's almost an "ah-hah" moment and you realize.... you cannot, not stop. And if you do get the courage to, thats not even the main battle. The main battle is staying stopped, day after day. Circumstance after circumstance, whether its a good day or bad day. I regret the time I said "I wish I could just understand how someone couldn't just stop". We truly do play all roles. It's staying stopped that is my biggest battle(s). Thanks for the thoughtful insight into a disease (dis-ease) that so few actually understand unless you experience it yourself. Cheri @ProgMuckraker As being a daughter of an alcoholic (My Dad died 25 years sober) and married to one, I always considered myself to be a “normie”. I never understood the concept of not being able to “just stop”. That is of course I had the unfortunate circumstance that triggered the biological addict in myself a few years back. I still struggle to this day of questioning whether it is just a matter of my will to stop or if I just didn’t want to. Finally you get to a point to where it’s almost an “ah-hah” moment and you realize…. you cannot, not stop. And if you do get the courage to, thats not even the main battle. The main battle is staying stopped, day after day. Circumstance after circumstance, whether its a good day or bad day. I regret the time I said “I wish I could just understand how someone couldn’t just stop”. We truly do play all roles. It’s staying stopped that is my biggest battle(s). Thanks for the thoughtful insight into a disease (dis-ease) that so few actually understand unless you experience it yourself.

Cheri
@ProgMuckraker

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