Topic: Alcohol Abuse & LIES! What Society gets wrong about ‘Alcoholism.’

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• Society’s ideas of alcoholism
• Addiction is tied into so many things much more than a habit
• Does the ego matter? No – alcohol kicks your ass, we are chemical beings and putting poison in your body screws you up
• Willpower alone will not get you through addiction
• Look up ‘Sanford Prison Experiment.’
• Discontent – “All suffering comes from desire.” – Buddha (Living a life free of desire and expectations)
• Everything you hold dear could be taken from you, but we find contentment in ourselves – it’s the simple things
• “Make a life something you don’t have to run from.”
• We are not our addiction, we are not what we have done or said

Lies about alcoholism:  

• “Alcoholics are degenerate losers.”
• “Alcoholism is a moral failing.”
• “You are an alcoholic because of your past issues.”
• “Why don’t you just quit drinking?”
• “I can still go to bars and parties and not drink.” (Willpower)
• “Alcoholics are hopeless.”
• “Alcoholics drink all day, everyday.”
• “Alcohol is not as bad as drug addiction.”