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The Difference Between Me and a Normal Drinker | Borrowed Wisdom: Bob D.

What's the real difference between an alcoholic and a normal drinker? Old-timer Bob D. has an answer.

In this Borrowed Wisdom episode, Anthony breaks down a speaker talk from Bob D. on the disease of alcoholism — and why, in Bob's words, he didn't become an alcoholic because he drank; he drank the way he did because he's an alcoholic.

We get into:

The chicken or the egg — does drinking cause alcoholism, or does something come first? Bob believes he was born this way. Anthony isn't sure — and why that question matters less than the solution.

The geographic cure — why moving cities never fixes…

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