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There has to be acknowledgement AND acceptance of the problem.
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Some people don’t like to admit they have a problem with alcohol.
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It’s a tough realisation to swallow.
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What will people think and say?
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How am I going to manage without alcohol?
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Am I going to lose all my friends and the ability to go out and socialise?
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There is also always that desire to get drinking under control…
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“It doesn’t happen all the time”.
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“Only sometimes does it spiral out of control”.
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“I can drink normally most of the time”.
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Those statements may be true.
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The reality, is that it will progressively become worse…
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Binges will turn from days into weeks.
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Days off work will become more and more frequent.
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Apologising to friends and family will need to happen more often…
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Until the “I’m sorry” loses its value.
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Mental health will slowly but surely decline.
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Until one day…
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𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.
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Only then can change become a reality.
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Until that point…
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It will just be a constant cycle of trying and failing to moderate drinking…
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While your life falls apart in the process.
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Once you 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺…
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It gets a lot easier…
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𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿.
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Only when ignorance changes into awareness AND acceptance, does a solution appear.
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Because the beliefs you hold in your head fill your field of vision…
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For better or for worse.
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If you know you have an issue with alcohol…
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Maybe it’s time to accept…
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Accept that there is a problem…
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And allow that solution into your awareness.
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Because it will appear.
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If you’re at that stage…
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Make 2022 your year of change…
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And 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵.
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