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"The cask must be sealed, it must be made fast: It must not leak by
day nor night, in the light, nor in the
dark.” Okanicon
This phenomenon, as we have suggested, may be the manifestation of
an allergy which differentiates these people, and sets them apart as a
distinct entity. It has never been, by any treatment with which we are
familiar, permanently eradicated. The only relief is entire
abstinence. The Doctor's Opinion Big Book pg.
xxviii We
know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for
months or years, he reacts much like other men. We are equally positive
that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something
happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually
impossible for him to stop. The experience of any alcoholic will
abundantly confirm this. Big Book pgs. 22
& 23 We
have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic
always an alcoholic." Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we
are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking,
there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that
someday we will be immune to alcohol. Big Book pg. 33 Great Spirit
let me remember being sober must come first today, that I am no good if I
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