Abby Normal

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Step we are on: Step One

Subject: Mental Condition, Jim the Salesman, Insanity, Two Fold illness, Pre-lapse, Relapse, Normal vs. Abnormal

Good morning. Today it has become popular in some recovery circles to turn a blind eye to the abnormality of the real alcoholic. Who wants to think that they are different; that they are not normal.; that their behavior has been deviant and unnatural?
Today we get an inkling of what the co-authors considered normal vs abnormal behavior.

Yes, they did something that many of us would not have the nerve to do - admit that the alcoholic is NOT NORMAL. He is abnormal.
Lets start with what "normal" and "abnormal "means:

Abnormal – irregular performed unnatural not conforming to rule or type.

Normal – according to established standard, rule, or principle; 2. Serving as a standard normal rule. - The Winston Simplified Dictionary – 1938
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• What happened to him when his luck ran out?

Luck then deserts him and he is slightly injured several times in succession.

• If he were normal, what would he have done at this point?

You would expect him, if he were normal, to cut it out.

Note: If you were a normal person, what would you have done when your drinking started causing you problems?

• But since he apparently was not normal, what happened to him next?

Presently he is hit again and this time has a fractured skull.

• Within a week, what happened?

Within a week after leaving the hospital a fast-moving trolley car breaks his arm.

• With that piece of bad luck, what did he decide to do?

He tells you he has decided to stop jay-walking for good,

Note: After some pretty tragic consequences resulting from your drinking, what did you decide to do?

• What were the consequences of his inability to manage that decision to quit for good and all?

but in a few weeks he breaks both legs.

Peace & Love,

Danny S – RLRA
Real Live Recovered Alcoholic
http://recoveredalcoholic.blogspot.com