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		<title>Freedom From Drinking Alcohol</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Some truths are so easy to understand yet hard to grasp for a person how loves to drink. Obtaining freedom from the addiction of drinking alcohol is simple. I have not had a beverage in over thirteen years now. I know how to get sober and how to stay sober. I’m going to share a [...]
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		<title>Alcoholics Switching Addictions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p> Alcoholics who struggle with addictive personalities tend to find themselves switching addictions when they stop drinking. This is something that I heard early on when I quit drinking. My experience was that I got totally addicted to following God. So much so that my wife told me I had just exchanged one obsession for [...]
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		<title>Alcoholic Didn’t Come Home-What should You do?</title>
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<p>What should you do if your alcoholic family member, husband, wife, son or daughter didn’t come home last night? Every situation will be different. I will write this post from the perspective that you are confident that they are OK because they have done this type of thing before. My thoughts are always in favor [...]
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		<title>Setting Boundaries With Alcoholics Who Display Unacceptable Behavior</title>
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<p>The process of learning how to protect yourself through setting boundaries takes time. Alcoholics can have a tendency to belittle those around them. Enabling them to heap unacceptable behavior upon us can become a way of life. We must learn a few emotional tools to use in order to protect ourselves from the many insults [...]
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