To: Barnabus who wrote (31582 ) 9/23/2000 11:17:00 PM From: haqihana Respond to Barnabus, When one is "dry", he is not, necessarily, sober. Until on becomes sober, there is always the danger of a slip which can last a day or two, or a shorten life span. I had been dry, thinking I was sober, from 1975 until 1981, when circumstance happened that made me think the answer was in the bottle. I quit again in 1991 when a bleeding ulcer blew it's top in my gut. That dry spell lasted for 3 years, when, again, I looked for escape in the bottle. In October of 1997, I was told I had cirrhosis of the liver, and could die as quickly as in 2 years. That made me realize that to drink again was just plain stupid. In the course of my treatment, I found out that very few alcoholics diagnosed with the disease actually stopped drinking. I know this may appear to be just another dry spell, but my new relationship with God, and Jesus Christ, has made me see things much more clearly, and my life has been directed in a new, and better, direction, and I have no fear of going back to the bottle.
