BIG BOOK-CONTROL QUOTES. But in most fields our generation has witnessed complete liberation in thinking. Show any longshoreman a Sunday supplement describing a proposal to explore the moon by means of a rocket and he will say, "I bet they do it-maybe not so long either. " Is not our age characterized by the ease with which we discard old ideas for new, by the complete readiness with which we throw away the theory or gadget which does not work for something new which does? We had to ask ourselves why we shouldn't apply to our human problems this same readiness to change our point of view.
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people-was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight? Of course it was. BIG BOOK-CHAPTER TEN P139.ASP. Presently the man did slip and was fired. Following his discharge, we contacted him. Without much ado, he accepted the principles and procedure that had helped us. To me, this incident illustrates lack of understanding as to what really ails the alcoholic, and lack of knowledge as to what part employers might profitably take in salvaging their sick employees.
If you desire to help it might be well to disregard your own drinking, or lack of it. Whether you are a hard drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you may have some pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices. Those who drink moderately may be more annoyed with an alcoholic than a total abstainer would be. Drinking occasionally, and understanding your own reactions, it is possible for you to become quite sure of many things which, so far as the alcoholic is concerned, are not always so. When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. BIG BOOK-DOCTOR'S OPINION PXXVII.asp. Men have cried out to me in sincere and despairing appeal: "Doctor, I cannot go on like this! I have everything to live for! I must stop, but I cannot! You must help me! " Faced with this problem, if a doctor is honest with himself, he must sometimes feel his own inadequacy.
I do not hold with those who believe that alcoholism is entirely a problem of mental control. BIG BOOK-CHAPTER TWO P21.ASP. Him physically and mentally. It may cause him to die a few years before his time. If a sufficiently strong reason - ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or the warning of a doctor-becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention. But what about the real alcoholic? He may start off as a moderate drinker; he may or may not become a continuous hard drinker; but at some stage of his drinking career he begins to lose all control of his liquor consumption, once he starts to drink.
Here is a fellow who has been puzzling you, especially in his lack of control. He does absurd, incredible, tragic things while drinking. Eeyore quotes. Eeyore has some wonderfully grumpy quotes to his name, and here they are! "That Accounts for a Good Deal," said Eeyore gloomily. "It Explains Everything. No Wonder. " "You must have left it somewhere," said Winnie the Pooh. "Somebody must have taken it," said Eeyore. "How Like Them," he added, after a long silence. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "Why, what's the matter? " "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. "Can't all what? " "Gaiety. "So it does!
" "So it does! " "Doesn't it? " "I'm not asking anybody," said Eeyore. "Hallo, Pooh. "Use what? " "What we were talking about. " "I wasn't talking about anything," said Pooh, looking puzzled. "My mistake again. "No," said Pooh. "Well, thank him for me when you see him. " "Eeyore," said Owl, "Christopher Robin is giving a party. " "Very interesting," said Eeyore. "I might have known," said Eeyore. "It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is. " "And freezing. " "Is it? " "Yes," said Eeyore. "It's Pooh," said Christopher Robin excitedly... "Tigger. " Eeyore Quotes Are Lovely Glum. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning," he said.
"Which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's the matter? ""Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. "Eeyore," said Owl, "Christopher Robin is giving a party. "" Eeyore walked all round Tigger one way, and then turned and walked round him the other way. " "I don't hold with all this washing,"grumbled Eeyore. There are those who will wish you good morning.
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