Can it be done? The question is how to stay stopped. We thought we had plenty of character thought willpower was a barrier a tremendous urge to quit forever swore it off - still found it impossible whether serious or not don't matter when you've lost the power to choose the extent of that, it shatters every wall you thought you'd use No matter how great the necessity No matter how strong the wish this utter inability - we cannot leave it alone This is the baffling feature THIS IS THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM we quit we swear we mean it AND WALK RIGHT BACK IN CAN'T LEAVE IT ALONE CAN'T LEAVE IT ALONE no matter the cost no matter the wish this utter inability What kind of thinking takes over the mind that repeats the desperate experiment every time? friends who reasoned with him after the spree mystified he walks back in, why does he? divorce papers bankrupt point of no return still he opens that door what is he thinking? of what is he thinking? Nobody knows. That's the point. No matter how great the necessity No matter how strong the wish this utter inability - we cannot leave it alone This is the baffling feature THIS IS THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM we quit we swear we mean it AND WALK RIGHT BACK IN CAN'T LEAVE IT ALONE CAN'T LEAVE IT ALONE no matter the cost no matter the wish this utter inability ALONE ALONE CAN'T LEAVE IT describe the mental states before the fall Thats the crux that's the crux of it all can you quit for a period of time? but does the first drink repeat every time? EVERY TIME EVERY SINGLE TIME This is the baffling feature THIS IS THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM we quit we swear we mean it AND WALK RIGHT BACK IN CAN'T LEAVE IT ALONE CAN'T LEAVE IT ALONE no matter the cost no matter the wish this utter inability Of what is he thinking? Of what is he thinking? We don't know. We still don't know.
