Alcoholics Anonymous Mallorca
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"Am I an Alcoholic?"
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
“Who care to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession [...]
Continue Reading →“Heaven knows we have tried hard enough and long enough to drink like other people! Here are some of the methods we have tried:
Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, [...]
Continue Reading →“Here is the fellow who has been puzzling you, especially in his lack of control. He does absurd, incredible, tragic things while drinking. He is a real Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He is seldom mildly intoxicated. He is more or less insanely drunk.
His disposition while drinking resembles his normal nature but little. He [...]
Continue Reading →The alcoholic is not responsible for contracting the disease, but if he is offered adequate help he is responsible for his recovery. That is an important distinction. Nothing will ever help if the alcoholic does not want to recover.
Continue Reading →“I needed a drink to go anyplace – to the theater, a party, a date, and, later, to work. I would leave my apartment, lock the door, and start down the stairs, and then turn around and go back in for another drink to get me where I planned to go. I needed a drink [...]
Continue Reading →“A man came to the meeting drunk, interrupted the speakers, stood up and took his shirt off, staggered loudly back and forth for coffee, demanded to talk, and eventually called the group’s secretary an unquotable name and walked out. I was glad he was there—once again I saw what I had been like. But I [...]
Continue Reading →Do you lose time from work due to drinking? Is drinking making your home life unhappy? Do you drink because you are shy with other people? Is drinking affecting your reputation? Have you ever felt remorse after drinking? Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of drinking? Do you turn to lower companions [...]
Continue Reading →“He is often perfectly sensible and well balanced concerning everything except liquor, but in that respect he is incredibly dishonest and selfish. He often possesses special abilities, skills, and aptitudes, and has a promising career ahead of him.
He uses his gifts to build up a bright outlook for his family and himself, and [...]
Continue Reading →“Young people may be encouraged by this man’s experience to think that they can stop, as he did on their own will power. We doubt if many of them can do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he [...]
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