The hazardous effects of over-drinking still elude many today, and the avenues toward overcoming a drinking problem remain almost exclusively spiritual, especially in the United States. The truth is, you don’t have to relinquish your will to a Higher Power to reign in control. The truth is, you’re not powerless, nor ought your introductory adjective be “addict” or “alcoholic.”
Certain Evangelists call us “dry drunks,” which, when it boils down to it, is a derogatory term for anyone who doesn’t subscribe to the notion that AA/NA is the be-all and end-all to recovery. Well, then, a dry drunk I am.