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Originally Posted by Zeraph
Similar story with my family. We have a recovering (well its been like 20 years, is he still considered recovering?) alcoholic in our family. So we all abstain from drinking...out in the family room area. But my cousins and I will go drink in our rooms. Its silly. Personally I don't care much, but everyone else is hush hush about it so I just go with the flow. Although now that I'm kind of pissed off at my family I think next holiday I'll drink openly.
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Alcoholism is a disease/condition, like diabetes. It's something you learn to live with, and deal with. Early on, I realised I could sit with people drinking and not drink. MANY alcoholics can't. It's very much individual. I can go to a bar and drink juice/sodas comfortably. I am afraid to even consider sipping an alcoholic drink.
But... yes, we are still recovering, even after 28+ years. It's sort of like saying diabetes is being controlled or treated. You're not curing it, you're dealing with it. For alcoholics, the term is appropriately recovering.