On Alcoholism

I haven't had a drink in over three years but drinking ruined me for a good fifteen years. Then why would I drink to begin with? Because I was insane and I agree that alcohol addiction at least, is insanity. I realize my insanity and stopped drinking. I won't call myself an alcoholic anymore. I was an alcoholic but I am no longer an alcoholic. Many people, I know, have different ideas on this. There are people in AA that are having a mild stroke, “Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic!” My idea is that if I say I'm an alcoholic then I'm admitting that it's a struggle and that I still have cravings. I don't have struggling cravings for alcohol because my brand of alcoholism was the worst kind and miraculously I can see that. I'm enlightened. I'm no longer lying to myself about the consequences of me drinking alcohol. So if you stopped the lying, don't have cravings and stopped drinking and want to still call yourself an alcoholic, go for it. I'm not an alcoholic. I'm free of alcoholism. It's a friendly universe.