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My name is Monique and I am an alcoholic. I have alcoholism right now, right this second. What does that mean?

While the speaker, why we're talking about the how it works the mind is telling me you're not

going to be able to do this you're not good at this what are you doing I'm

that's alcoholism for me right now. Okay, it's active in my life and I need a power greater than myself to restore me back. So in that moment when I hear the voice, right, it's a it's a mind power disease. It talks to me in my own voice. It sounds just like me.

And most of the time when it does talk,

it's not talking very nice.

I don't know if you've experienced that.

I don't know if you have what I have,

but I have what they call is alcoholism.

And it's always talking to me.

I'm not good enough, or I'm better than, less than.

And in those moments, I gotta keep asking,

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