Diary of a Practicing Alcoholic

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Each day a practicing alcoholic is a an internal struggle that lies within.
Learning to function in an inebriated state of mind becomes second nature to an alcoholic.
While it's true that alcoholics may come across as being selfish individuals, many times they care more deeply than what is let on.
Alcoholics struggle with their inner demons each day of their life.
The brain of an alcoholic simply doesn't function in the same way as most.
Simple tasks, such as going to the store, are often difficult to endure.
With bars on every street corner, and liquor available almost anywhere you go, no "outing" is safe from inner addiction that beckons an alcoholic to succumb to temptation.
Trying to understand an alcoholic is another story in itself.
Why would any sane person stay up drinking until 4 in the morning, when they have to be at work by 7.
Who would jeopardize their careers, for the sake of "one" more drink? Why would someone damage their liver, for the sake of putting themselves into a drunken stupor? The answers to these questions you need to step inside the mind of an alcoholic.
You can't get any clear answers from medical book, and recovering alcoholics even seem to lose some of the insight that a practicing alcoholic can give you.
If you have ever wondered what it is like to be an alcoholic, you need to walk in the shoes of a practicing alcoholic.
The picture isn't pretty, but you just may walk away with a greater appreciation of what the disease is all about, and you likely be more compassionate about the trials and tribulations that an alcoholic goes through.
Alcoholism affects millions of people all over the world, yet the lifestyle is glorified on television in many ways.
You have to step into the dark side of alcohol abuse to witness the dark journey that awaits an alcoholic that continues down the path of self destruction for themselves, their families, and everyone that steps inside their own private hell.
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