Once an Alcoholic, Always an Alcoholic | The Truth About Alcoholism | Michelle Ann

📖✨ Today we were reading in the Big Book on pages 32 and 33, and it reminded us of a powerful truth.

Once I become an alcoholic, I will always have alcoholism. Time away from alcohol doesn't cure it. That's why I can never safely take another drink. 🙏📖

If I ever pick up another drink after a period of sobriety, I won't start back at the beginning. My disease will pick up right where it left off, and in a very short time I'll be as sick as I was before, if not worse.

The Big Book also teaches that we cannot leave ourselves any reservation or hidden belief that someday we'll be able to drink normally again. That kind of thinking is dangerous.

It also tells us this is especially true for women. Many women who are alcoholic progress very quickly once they return to drinking. We should never underestimate the power of this disease.

This was exactly true because it was my mother's story. 💔

After years away from alcohol, she picked up again. Within two years she was gone. She died at only 59 years old.

When I first came into recovery, I was so ignorant about what alcoholism really was. I had no clue this was the nature of my disease. Today I am armed with the facts, not only for myself, but so I can help others.

One does not have to be gravely affected. One does not have to drink for decades. One does not have to consume the quantities someone else does. Alcoholism is a progressive disease. Left untreated, it always progresses.

Then on page 85, the Big Book reminds us that we are not cured of alcoholism. We have a daily reprieve based upon the maintenance of our spiritual condition. 🙏

For me, that means prayer, time with God, reading the Big Book, meetings, inventory, helping others, and living these principles every single day.

Then tomorrow, God willing, I wake up and I do it all over again. ☀️

I'm so grateful that although it took me a long time to understand, the answers were in our Big Book all along. Today I choose to arm myself with the facts of my disease because my life depends on it. ❤️📖

🌸 Michelle Ann
The Healing Cheff®
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