It is not called willpower when someone sits alone at home for days, drinking alone, passing out, when waking up with a terrible hangover and going through life like nothing happened¿ It's impossible for someone who allows a drink to be unattended long enough for the ice cubes to melt to understand an alcoholic's lack of control regarding alcohol.
"Learning to communicate will lead to a new type of intimacy that surpasses any past relationship. Communication involves, however, the willingness to be vulnerable. Sharing one's feelings can be cause for rejection, a dangerous proposition to the initially recovering alcoholic."
"Until we can find ourselves and how we relate to this world and the afterworld, we cannot be at peace."
One of the most important changes in recovery is finding the ability to enjoy life again. This includes not only the newfound talent to listen, but once again to laugh."
From A Ghost in the Closet.
