"Our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove that we could drink like other people. It has been definitely proved that no real alcoholic has ever recovered control. Over any considerable period of time we get worse, never better. There is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic. Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever."
I'm not sure how well-accepted all of this would be to the general public. There is definitely a sense that we trend self-righteous in The Rooms and there is definitely an acknowledgement from many of us that there's some truth to this. The idea that no alcoholic ever recovers control and that we can't ever drink normally is pretty extreme. That being said it is the gospel truth for most of us. I have tried every method to drink normally, to regain control, to control it even a little bit and have failed spectacularly. But I think most of us with some Time avoid these stark pronouncements to new people. They seem controlling and smug. I think most of us say things like "Here's what we do - you're more than welcome to give it a try and we'll help but if something else makes more sense by all means go for it."
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