
"He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end." |
The market would recover, but I wouldn't. That was a hard thought. Should I kill myself? (Bill W. in his story, p6)
Many alcoholics who have thought of suicide, move on to an attempt - fully intending to succeed. Any psychologist knows well that the very first indicator of Suicidal Ideation is usually hopelessness.
Now why on earth would we want to tell an alcoholic that he will never recover; that he has no hope of ever recovering; that no alcoholic ever recovers - when this is clearly a harmful idea to the real alcoholic - as Bill was. Why?
"Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death." |
Something happens to the real alcoholic that does not happen to anyone who is not alcoholic.It doesn't happen to hard drinkers. Not to non-alcoholic drug addicts. Not to sex addicted coin collectors. Not to sugar addicted plumbers.
The inability to stop only happens to the "distinct entity" described in the magnificent spiritual text, story and "How To" book, “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism”. That entity we call alcoholic.
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"The verdict of the ages is that faith means courage. All men of faith have courage. " |
"Never recover" and "Always recovering" may not mean too much among non-alcoholics, even among those who have a drinking problem - but to those fitting the AA description of the true alcoholic it is extremely harmful. It is not the display of humility some imagine.
Instead it is bold, secular posturing within a fellowship that prefers spirituality - tantamount to spitting into the face of Truth. It is not an AA concept. Never was.
"Recovering" it is not merely a harmless matter of semantic choice.If you think it is, then you definitely have not yet learned the Big Book's "our description of the alcoholic" is - and it is a deadly pity that you think you do.
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