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If I didn’t stop drinking, I was going to wind up taking my life, either intentionally or accidentally.

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Who knew that I’d leave my desire to live in a bottle of Jack?

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I can’t help but reflect on how I’ve gotten here.

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You’d be clean of your addiction and recover. You’d choose to live.

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When you’re the offspring of an alcoholic, you limit the amount you drink. You allow yourself fun nights with friends, but you never let yourself go overboard. You never drink too early in the morning. You never drink during work hours. You never even drink on work nights.

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I find it amusing that the top recommendation to help you stop obsessing about your drinking is to obsess over drinking even more.

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My addiction no longer defines me.

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It feels like they are saying you do not matter enough for me to change. I do not love you enough to get help. I do not care about you enough to start caring about myself. 

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Like anybody else who’s spent a morning on the bathroom floor after a night at the bar, I’ve sworn off drinking countless times.

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These salty tears could rim margaritas.