Then he speaks of a friend who drinks whiskey. The man has had DUI's. He's lost jobs. He has health problems.
As I listen I get the impression that the speaker believes one kind of alcohol is superior to another.
And that may be true for so-called normal drinkers. Some are connoisseurs of fine wine or aged whiskey - things they drink in moderation.
But for alcoholics like me, what we drank made no difference. If it has alcohol in it it's a deadly poison. We should avoid any alcoholic beverage because it could kill us.
Anyway, the more important thing is how much we are like the others in the rooms - not how we're different. When we feel we're different we might think the rules don't apply to us. And that's dangerous for someone like me.
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