Alcoholism, recovery and sobriety is only about stopping drinking … it has nothing to do with your personality or mentality.
Personally, I’ve been in recovery for almost 30 years now (28 years now? I always have to think about that). One of the funniest thing about recovery is that it doesn’t always change people in the ways you would think. I had one excellent addictions counsellor who became a lifelong friend tell me once about some people in recovery … “I really don’t care who you are or what you think, I just want to help you stop drinking … I’ve known guys who were an asshole while they were drinking and then they remained an asshole when they went into recovery and stopped drinking … it doesn’t matter how they turn out, as long as they stop drinking”
Zefram was always loopy, before and after the drinking … at least after Contact he saved his liver … for 150 years
Yes, but he was also more than a little bit insane. Let’s not forget that part.
Edit: the whole time. Not before or after. Always.
Alcoholism, recovery and sobriety is only about stopping drinking … it has nothing to do with your personality or mentality.
Personally, I’ve been in recovery for almost 30 years now (28 years now? I always have to think about that). One of the funniest thing about recovery is that it doesn’t always change people in the ways you would think. I had one excellent addictions counsellor who became a lifelong friend tell me once about some people in recovery … “I really don’t care who you are or what you think, I just want to help you stop drinking … I’ve known guys who were an asshole while they were drinking and then they remained an asshole when they went into recovery and stopped drinking … it doesn’t matter how they turn out, as long as they stop drinking”
Zefram was always loopy, before and after the drinking … at least after Contact he saved his liver … for 150 years