| Alcoholism is a disease, a dependence on alcohol, and | | | | can just decide they want to stop drinking and quit. |
| a weakness. In fact Roman philosopher Seneca | | | | It wouldn't be an addiction if it was that easy. |
| suggested it was even a form of "insanity", but what | | | | The second secret to beating alcoholism is to change |
| ever it is, it certainly isn't healthy, and you can stop | | | | your life. Distance yourself from people, situations or |
| drinking for good. What's the secret to beating | | | | places that encourage your disease. If you have to |
| alcoholism? | | | | give up alcohol entirely, which you likely will in the |
| Desire. | | | | beginning, do that. You can't expect your life to |
| The first step to quit drinking alcohol is to want too. I | | | | change if you don't change it, and beating alcoholism |
| mean honestly with all your heart and soul look at | | | | is a big change, but a good change. Avoid thinking |
| yourself and say, "This is not healthy. This is not | | | | that an end to alcoholism is an end to "life", there is |
| helping me. I don't want to be this way." If you don't | | | | so much more out there that you can't see through |
| have the honest desire to stop drinking alcohol you | | | | the bottle of the bottle. |
| simply won't. Instead you will be rewarded by | | | | When your successful in that change you shouldn't |
| repeated failure and the opportunity to drown that | | | | be afraid to reward yourself. What you've done is |
| failure in your addiction. You have to want to do it | | | | hard, and positive reinforcement makes no longer |
| for you, not because a doctor said you medically | | | | drinking alcohol become easier and easier. Surround |
| needed too, or a family member or loved one asked | | | | yourself in the people you want to get healthy for, |
| you too, because YOU want too. | | | | have a party the way parties should be- drunk on |
| Once you have devoted yourself entirely to no | | | | joy and not liquor, and remember... The strongest |
| longer drinking alcohol in unhealthy amounts you can | | | | motivator to beat alcohol for good is inside of you. |
| begin the path to recovery. Many people believe they | | | | To believe is to beat the impossible. |