I got chills when she said that . Heart breaking . Glad she’s on a better path . Feel bad for her

Yes I will always remember that quote I'm struggling with addiction and my family has always told me if I cared about them I would stop it has nothing to do with that

I know that quote. I know how it feels.

It perfectly describes how oppressive addiction can feel. If the pain is so immense that you need alcohol to cope, alcohol feels like the only way to even *live* In the depths of addiction, the addict knowingly trades everything to their substance. Family, friends, work, inspiration, the health, everything. All because it takes the pain away, and without that relief, they feel pain almost worse than death. It hurts a lot to sell your loved ones to your disease. It causes a lot of guilt... But I've come to understand now that while it's a shame that it happened, there is no shame in the ways that someone finds to survive when they need it. What's honourable is getting better... Reach out and ask for help. You can get control back. You can be surrounded with and feel in your heart love again. I wish people could appreciate how irrational this disease is. Truly we know how much destruction we cause, it hurts even through the vast amounts of alcohol, but we are no longer in control Good luck to anyone reading this that's struggling. You are more than this pain. Grow. I believe in you.

@@enriquev9508 It has a lot to do with that. Just stop and think of them and their feelings. Ask for some help somewhere.

Good job 👏🏻 I wish you all the best in your recovery

If you haven’t already read it. Her book Between Breaths is a very good read. I’m also an alcoholic so I could very much relate to her struggles with alcohol.. 🙏🏽

totally agree

You could easily drink normally if you had any self control.

Tonic water, club soda or non alcoholic beer.

@@pauljordan4452 Or just drink normally. It's called self control, which nobody seems to have or even want to have anymore.

randy rysdale I agree. We are addicted to something,trying to find a way to run away from problems and to deal with stress of everydays life. And it doesn't have to be some of the worst addictions like alcohol, drugs, prescribed medications,gambling.....or online games, internet, social media, shoping, sex...... As more as we develope in technology, education, and as human beings, we are also developing addictions cause we are not able to handle this "new" way of living. I am pretty sure that majority of people have some additcion, even if they are not aware of it. Life became too demanding and too difficult to live and we all try to find something which (we unfortunately) believe will help us. I feel so sorry for all the people who are struggling with addiction but I admire those who are brave enough to admit they have a problem,who ask for help and who find strenght to fight

randy rysdale mine was food .but luckily I stopped eating like a pig .

My addiction is food. I have lost weight and lived a healthy life style intermittently, but like Ms. Vargas, my root issue is anxiety and depression. I have migraines too. I certainly understand someone being addicted to anything that helps ease the pain. I think shame is a common component too. I blame myself for everything in my life. I even blamed myself for my parents’ Alzheimer’s. I still feel guilty that I didn’t do a better job caring for them, even though I was by myself. Guilt, shame, and unrealistic demands for yourself, just lead to more problems. I’m so glad that Elizabeth got some help. I think her children and she ex husband will probably be more forgiving than she is of herself.

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Trouble is that it IS normalised.

The alcohol is causing the anxiety attacks.

Maybe you have never been with an addicted person...it destroys you. I stayed with my ex husband (cocaine and heroin addict) for ten years waiting for his sobriety. Never happened. Sometimes, you have to save yourself.

You don't know what is to be with an alcoholic, it's a nightmare that destroys you

Oh my god, King, I thought you were dead!

@@irvingr.fatback886 no, I'm trying to beat Grandma Dodgers age of 89. Almost there

Haters have no empathy. They’re people who are deficient in their capacity to understand others, so they certainly have no room to criticize. “There, but for the Grace of God, go I’ - John Bradford

Brett Mitchell yep. I was always saying it is the biggest irony of all. I grew up in a small place and marihuana became very popular among younger people in the 80's, but people didn't know much about it and everyone who.was known to smoke weed was considered crazy drug addict, a criminal, a lowlife and since it was a small place, everyone who.was ever marked as druggie was always the subject of the worst gossip and people would literally awoid even come close or talk to a person like that. Smoking weed was like having some dangerous illness. But in the meantime, those who talked the most about how horrible marihuana was, had minumum of three or more family members who were alcoholic. As it was a rural area,with klimate conditions ideal for vineyards everybody was producing vine and liquer and ofcourse drinking it. But to be an alcohlic was perfectly normal and fine, even though many of them died of alcoholism and no one ever died from marihuana. Drinking was always justified and socially acceptable which is so iromic. Bunch of hypocrites

Know MJ is much healthier but it gives me paranoia and overthinking, I’ve got autism so I overthink enough without substance. But if you can handle it go for it, just absolutely not my thing

Yes, it should be the other way around. Alcohol is way more destructive!

Weed can be very psychologically addictive. I used to love it, smoked all day everyday for a good ten years. I was that dude that said “just smoke weed” or “idk why people drink and do hard drugs I just need weed” but it got boring and I started drinking and doing pills. It definitely led to harder drugs for me at least. Everyone’s different. The best bet is full abstinence from all mood altering substances

Well, prohibition failed miserably but I wasn’t alive then. I don’t know how seriously Law Enforcement tried to support the law.

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Addiction itself is a disease. Your body becomes accustomed and demands the addictive substance.

It is a disease

Then beer o Clock gets earlier and earlier

ALCOHOL IS CUNNING, BAFFLING AND POWERFUL GOES TO SHOW THIS DEADLY DISEASE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DESTROYER,FIRST THING FIRST STEP ONE IS THE ONLY ONE 100%, YOU CAN EVER DO AND THE FIRST HALF WHICH IS ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS I'M AN ACTIVE AA CONTRIBUTING MEMBER SOBER SINCE OCTOBER 16,2014 AND FOR THAT TRULY GRATEFUL