Whatever you need to tell yourself to rationalize it…
I’m not gonna claim everyone’s experience is the same, but I remember my first few times quitting alcohol and what you’re saying sounds a lot like the things I told myself. “Of course my situation is different. I’m me!” “I can handle it better in the future.” “Life would be unbearable without it.”
But at the end of the day, I destroyed my life enough times that I don’t feel any desire to watch someone else destroy theirs. I’m not gonna try to talk you out of your decisions. I won’t tell you what to do or not do. But I won’t encourage it either. So don’t try to convince me of what you’re ultimately only trying to convince yourself…
Hey, I’m just sharing my own experience. Everyone is different, but lots of people (including… no, especially alcoholics) like to think everyone who drinks is the same, or everyone is like them.
It was fun as hell and I don’t regret it, but my body says I don’t get to do that anymore. I’m not even sure I’ll let me drink occasionally, I have yet to find that out. But I physically cannot drink like I used to, it’d be worse than death.
I have the same gripe. I stopped going to AA cause I got tired of some old dudes telling me I’m lying to myself because I didn’t identify with their deplorable backstories.
Like, yeah, I’ve made some mistakes, and I’m not without regrets which pain me every day. But some of the stuff I heard people say they had done made even me clutch my proverbial pearls…
And then they look at me like they think I’ve done the same shit and just don’t have the integrity to admit it.
But like I said, I’m not gonna try telling you how to live your life.
Whatever you need to tell yourself to rationalize it…
I’m not gonna claim everyone’s experience is the same, but I remember my first few times quitting alcohol and what you’re saying sounds a lot like the things I told myself. “Of course my situation is different. I’m me!” “I can handle it better in the future.” “Life would be unbearable without it.”
But at the end of the day, I destroyed my life enough times that I don’t feel any desire to watch someone else destroy theirs. I’m not gonna try to talk you out of your decisions. I won’t tell you what to do or not do. But I won’t encourage it either. So don’t try to convince me of what you’re ultimately only trying to convince yourself…
Hey, I’m just sharing my own experience. Everyone is different, but lots of people (including… no, especially alcoholics) like to think everyone who drinks is the same, or everyone is like them.
It was fun as hell and I don’t regret it, but my body says I don’t get to do that anymore. I’m not even sure I’ll let me drink occasionally, I have yet to find that out. But I physically cannot drink like I used to, it’d be worse than death.
I have the same gripe. I stopped going to AA cause I got tired of some old dudes telling me I’m lying to myself because I didn’t identify with their deplorable backstories.
Like, yeah, I’ve made some mistakes, and I’m not without regrets which pain me every day. But some of the stuff I heard people say they had done made even me clutch my proverbial pearls…
And then they look at me like they think I’ve done the same shit and just don’t have the integrity to admit it.
But like I said, I’m not gonna try telling you how to live your life.