Lost Power of Choice in Drink
The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink. (emphasis mine.)
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition, p. 24, There is a Solution.
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