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Lanchas


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If I still watch how much my A drinks then does that mean I have not admitted that I am powerless over alcohol or what? How would you define life as unmanageable? I do my everyday "normal" things but my parents(who are both As) argue all the time....so would my life be considered manageable or no? Someone please help me understand step 1.


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The real question is do you find your life unmanagable? I don't know where your at in life but do things seem outta control to you only you can answer that as for counting drinks thats a problem I have been there for several years and working away from that! I'll always be in and out here so feel free to contact me if I can help always willing to be a friend! later!

-- Edited by lostone at 00:54, 2005-05-18

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I have done my share of counting drinks. I would pour them out and hope that he wouldn't remeber about them. But when I made a big deal about it he only started to hide them and then I never got to see how much he was drinking.


When I came in the program I had a hard time with the control issue. With the help of my sponsor and a nice support group I am doing better. My sponsor told me the one way I could move to step two is if I knew that I would be ok if he went back to drinking. The answer is yes it took me a while to come to it. I have set up a system with my friends, family and my job.


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Becky,


Do you think you could have overcame your control issue w/out your sponsor?


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