If your desire to stay sober can stand between you and a drink, you're not an alki. You are a person who can not drink. If you can decide what you want and decide not to drink, you are not an alki. You are a person who has found a sufficient reason to not drink, and decided to not drink.
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Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament.
Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.
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