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Addiction & Recovery

Electric Monk

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4. Reminds me of a joke...

Reply to Taverner (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 13, 2013, 02:31 PM

Jul 2013

A medical researcher comes running into an AA convention, holding a bottle of pills: "We've discovered the cure for alcoholism!" he shouts. "Just take one of these pills and your troubles will be over!" A voice from the back asks "What happens if I take two?"

p.106 of UNDRUNK: A Skeptic's Guide to AA - A.J.Adams

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I've been (mostly) good this week [View all] Taverner Jul 2013 OP

Accepting that feeling of powerlessness was a bingo moment for me in my quit applegrove Jul 2013 #1

I hand my power to science. They'll find a cure if anyone can. Taverner Jul 2013 #2

Reminds me of a joke... Electric Monk Jul 2013 #4

LOL Taverner Jul 2013 #5

It works best if you grind up 5 to 10 pills and snort it n/t progree Aug 2013 #6

The feeling of powerlessness, and yet Ilsa Jul 2013 #3