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John Robbins

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2079 total appearances

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On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

But I'm...

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

Desperate not to do it.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

Because it's hard.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

It was very sudden, very intense.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

And once I got to a gambling 12-step meeting, that helped a great deal.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

Because I think what was so hard about that was how secret it was.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

And just finding out there were other people who'd had similar problems was...

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

sort of a revelation.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

However, it just didn't have its teeth into me.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

Weirdly, even though it was an addiction, it had yet to become a habit.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

So it was just something I suddenly found that helped me switch my brain off.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

And because it was so catastrophic financially, it was a very black and white situation in that

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

I had no more money to lose because I lost all my money.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

So it's like, I'm going to die.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

I'm going to kill myself if this continues because I feel so awful.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

Whereas I think alcohol has much more nuanced ways of telling you it's not a problem.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

Everyone's doing it.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

You didn't have a drink yesterday.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

You only had five pints last night.

On The Mend
The Night John Robins Knew He Had to Quit Drinking

That's not too much.