We Thought “Conditions” Drove Us To Drink (The Daily Trudge)
We Thought “Conditions” Drove Us To Drink For a long time, many of us blamed everything outside ourselves for why we drank or used. Bad relationships. Stress. Money. Trauma. Work. Loneliness. Anger. Fear. Other people. And while those things absolutely affect us, the 12x12 reminds us that alcoholics often discover something uncomfortable: it wasn’t just the conditions driving us—it was the way we reacted to life itself. Page 47 challenges the idea that changing external circumstances alone would solve the problem. Because a lot of us changed jobs, changed partners, changed cities, changed…
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