“Unlike most of our crowd, I did not get over my craving for liquor much during the first two and one-half years of abstinence. It was almost always with me. But at no time have I been anywhere near yielding.” (Dr Bob’s Nightmare)
During the withdrawal period, the addiction is trying to get me to go back.
It sends me up a stream of fortune cookies, in the hope that I’ll eat one, and be back.
If I crack open one and eat it, but the message inside reads: “Go to hell!”
During withdrawals: don’t eat the cookies.