In regards to my last post, many of you asked, “What do you think started you down the path of drugs and alcohol?” I think many of you were actually asking, “Holy fucking shit, how do I stop my kids from being like you?”
Truth is, I don’t know. But I’ll tell you what I think. I believe, firmly, that Alcoholism/Addiction is a disease—an often fatal, and sadly, incurable disease. Because I have that disease—which I believe I was born with—my path was inevitable.
In other words, NOTHING could have stopped me.
Unlike most of you, alcohol and drugs fit my brain the way a key fits in a lock.
Let’s take a look at a not-so-random sample of alcoholics: Sarah, Charlie, and me.
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Cecily is the contributing editor for Alcohol and Drug Addiction. She writes daily at her personal blog, Uppercase Woman, where she covers not only her 12 years of sobriety, but life with Tori, writing, and all things feminist.
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Thank you for this post Cecily. It just rings so true.
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