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One thing I am sure of, the smarter the man is the more he needs
God to protect him from thinking he knows
everything. George Webb Pima It
relieved me somewhat to learn that in alcoholics the will is amazingly
weakened when it comes to combating liquor, though it often remains strong
in other respects. My incredible behavior in the face of a desperate
desire to stop was explained. Understanding myself now, I fared forth in
high hope. For three or four months the goose hung high. I went to town
regularly and even made a little money. Surely this was the
answer--self-knowledge. But it was not, for the frightful day came when I drank once
more. Big Book pg. 7 He had much
knowledge about himself as an alcoholic. Yet all reasons for not drinking
were easily pushed aside in favor of the foolish idea that he could take
whiskey if only he mixed it with milk! Big Book pgs. 36 & 37 But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception,
will be absolutely
unable to stop drinking on the basis of
self-knowledge. Big Book pg. 39
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