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"Powerless over Alcohol" - How Bill Sees it, p. 283

I had gone steadily downhill, and on that day in 1934 1 lay upstairs in the hospital, knowing for the first time that I was utterly hopeless.

Lois was downstairs, and Dr. Silkworth was trying in his gentle way to tell her what was wrong with me and that I was hopeless. "But Bill has a tremendous amount of will power," she said. "He has tried desperately to get well. We have tried everything. Doctor, why can't he stop?"

He explained that my drinking, once a habit, had become an obsession, a true insanity that condemned me to drink against my will.

- AA. COMES OF AGE, P. 52

"In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try A.A. principles, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension-freedom under God as we understand Him."

- LETTER, 1966

"Powerless over Alcohol" \- How Bill Sees it, p. 283 >I had gone steadily downhill, and on that day in 1934 1 lay upstairs in the hospital, knowing for the first time that I was utterly hopeless. >Lois was downstairs, and Dr. Silkworth was trying in his gentle way to tell her what was wrong with me and that I was hopeless. "But Bill has a tremendous amount of will power," she said. "He has tried desperately to get well. We have tried everything. Doctor, why can't he stop?" >He explained that my drinking, once a habit, had become an obsession, a true insanity that condemned me to drink against my will. \- AA. COMES OF AGE, P. 52 >"In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try A.A. principles, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension-freedom under God as we understand Him." \- LETTER, 1966

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Anything that has control over you is a problem.

Anything you "need" is something that has control.

I thrive on spite, even against myself. If I need something it pisses me off and that fuels my ability to get rid of it.

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So I should stop watching your mom's only fans too?

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Yes. It's just her knitting. It's very soothing but if you "need" it then you're an addict. Don't let her tempt you with the clicketyclack of her needles.

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But I could use that to sleep. Like an asmr