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Ellie this is so beautifully expressed … and SERIOUSLY good company to read. What a gift for the rest of us that your are sharing yourself in this way ♥️ Thank you !!

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Thank you Beth ❤️

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Goodness, this is a fantastic article. Agree with everything. I still need to read this powerful book!

I sometimes use the words alcoholic or addict purely to describe the types of behaviour someone exhibits, even for my former self. But I know people aren’t those descriptions at their core.

And what pleasure it is to not know everything. What beauty there is in the subjective mysteries of life…and people. Thank you, Ellie.

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Ah I love this Adam. And thank you for your kind words.

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Beautiful. So needed today. Thank you🙏

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You’re so welcome Stefanie x

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Such a beautiful, deeply resonant essay, Ellie. I, too, am forever grateful to Annie Grace, whose work was a pivotal part of how I quit drinking and what I came to understand about alcohol and its effects on all humans - not just a subset.

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Thank you Dana. Yes such a life changing book

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This is beautiful. Thank you.

I’ve also written about not knowing. And unlearning.

https://open.substack.com/pub/usefulbeautiful/p/ub-30-one-never-knows?r=1vwuw8&utm_medium=ios

I was moved to sobriety by a book, too: The Easy Way to Control Alcohol. Helped me unlearn many false and limiting beliefs.

Thank you for sharing your words.

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Thank you Kate. Yes I read that book too - it’s brilliant. The analogy of the pitcher plant!

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