[Republic of Texas]

No argument from me. I just don't want to get hung up on semantics. The word disease is a bit misused perhaps, but it works for alcoholics. Bill W. (co-founder of AA) was an English major, and a bit of a word-smith. That's why his book (Da Big Book!) was so effective. At the time there was no other effective treatment for alcoholism.

As far as your second point, I always get embarrassed when people congratulate me for being sober a while. In my mind I'm only doing what I should have done all along (and I don't think I made me sober). The only reason it is relevant is that it might help someone else.

[SealSeven]

Fair enough, sir. You are a credit to your group. You speak in a very non-condescending way. In other words, you have tact (somewhat of a rarity these days).


Colorado Tanker, I appreciate your concern and can sympathize with you since you've been down this road.
However, at this point, I am beyond counsel, so to speak.
Hopefully, life is good for you now, but as you know - You will never forget.

[RobFromGa]

thanks for your contributions to this thread Tex