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Is drug and alcohol addiction just a bad habit? Or is it a disease?

Posted by joeyjensen1959 @joeyjensen1959, Jan 24 11:21am

Sickness ,disease ,addiction recovery all can be life threatening, it takes time to heal (with addiction, it takes the rest of your life) and it takes work and we need to give and receive help to make it work.

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joeyjensen1959 | @joeyjensen1959 | Jun 17 10:44am
In reply to @heyjoe415 "Agreed Suzy. Once I was ready and asked for help, my Dr referred me to one..." + (show)
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Agreed Suzy. Once I was ready and asked for help, my Dr referred me to one of his patients who had been sober 30 plus years. His name is Bob and he called that night. The next day we went to a meeting, and I've loved AA since.

I did relapse after 4.5 years, for a number of reasons I have since corrected. I had 16 years on May 11.

I'm not tuned into the God/Higher Power aspects of AA. But I found that by working steps 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 12 - I could get and stay sober, and sponsor guys who believed (or not!) as I did.

All the best to you Suzy.

Joe

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@heyjoe415 your sobriety gives me strength.
Thank you.
Joseph

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joeyjensen1959 | @joeyjensen1959 | 6 hours ago

Thank you to everyone that's interacted with this discussion.I appreciate getting to know you better and being a little bit involved in your lives and recovery. And being able to share some of my\nFears and goals. Make every day of your life be the best that it can be.
Joseph

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