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Roy Rolling

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8. Alcoholics *love* drinking, no?

Sun Nov 24, 2019, 09:28 AM

Nov 2019

Despite the consequences, even if it’s just a fleeting moment, they love alcohol.

So what’s the opposite of love? Hate? So alcoholics should just hate alcohol to fix the problem?

No. The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference. Ignoring somebody.

So the opposite of loving alcohol is to ignore it, Fix the mind on something else other than hating alcohol. Simply hatingalcohol fills the mind with thoughts of alcohol. Fuck alcohol, don’t give it a second thought. There are many things you are good at and worthy of the time from a great person like you. Do those things, think those things, love those things again.

You’re worth having good things in your life.

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