“Drinkers think they are trying to escape, but really they are trying to overcome a mental disorder they didn’t know they had.” Eureka! – someone understands me. But reading that was both wonderful and horrible. It meant I wasn’t alone – there were others who thought like me – but it also meant I was an alcoholic and would have to quit drinking one day at a time, for the rest of my life. How was I ever going to have fun again?”