Josh Yates
Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read

My alcoholism has become a tricky anomaly in my mind. After crawling into alcoholic anonymous, I worked with other sober alcoholics and eventually developed the power of choice to drink or not drink alcohol. King Alcohol was no longer in control.

Today, I catch myself with streaks of thought that attempt to trick me with the ability that I can indulge small amounts alcohol. I realize that I can not trust my own thinking. The concept of one day at a time becomes vital for my recovery and talking to another sober alcoholic that I trust within my domain. I learned early on in alcoholics anonymous there are some individuals with poor character who might not be drinking, but continue to keep their old behavior and causing harm on others. I side step those individuals.

Your article holds the key to my recovery: Choice.

This morning while I type this response to your article, I choose not to drink alcohol at this moment. It takes self discipline for me to choose not to drink alcohol. I have to remember the wreckage caused from my side of the street due to alcoholic choices have been cleaned up and I am living in calm waters. I forget about my past when hurricane Josh was destroying everything. My disease appears as a snake in my brain.

https://medium.com/@joshyates1980/late-within-my-drinking-career-i-realized-that-king-alcohol-had-me-chained-to-the-bottle-a49c318efb2e

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