Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism, p. 30
The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker.Read in Books4Free →
The Obsession
From Alcoholics Anonymous — Original 1939 Edition by Wilson, Bill & Smith, Dr. Bob
The obsession of the mind is the mental component of alcoholism—the recurring idea that this time we can drink safely, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism
The story of Jim and the whiskey in the milk illustrates the strange mental blank spot.
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