April 1953
Knowledge Is Not Enough
But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be <emphasis type="italic">absolutely unable to stop drinking the basis of self-knowledge."</emphasis> (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 50)
THIS is not the story of my drinking career, which pray God is over. That story would be more lurid than some, not so shocking as others. A typical story of a social drinker with a large capacity for hard liquor, gradually consuming larger and larger quantities because, unfortunately, I could remain the gentleman and keep out trouble. Then the gradual decline to the occasional, then frequent, binge. 'Nuff said, you know the rest!
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