Sayings describing an alcoholic’s “logic”.

Different cultures have similar sayings describing an alcoholic’s “logic”. For example, a Japanese saying has it “An alcoholic will drink because the sun sets. He will also drink for the sun rises." An example of paralogism I found in the book Twerski, Abraham J. (1997): Addictive thinking. Understanding the addictive process and compulsive behavior. When asked why he drinks he responds, for my wife’s abandoned me, and to further question why she left, the response was: Cause I drink. Attention shall be also paid to the Russian word povod (reason or excuse) (a Russian chanson song lyrics has it, for instance, “If we had vodka, we’d find a povod anyway”). The basic principle of most rehabilitation programs is “the addiction is the reason”, stop drinking and everything will get better. If you approach the issue more seriously for example, the studies of depressions show that in most cases depressions are secondary in relation to alcohol addiction. Moreover, those who suffer bipolar disorder the consumption of alcohol increases during the maniac phase, not the depressive one. Nevertheless, my personal experience teaches that it isn’t so clear about the cause-and-effect relation. We can’t solve the age-old dilemma: they drink to soothe the pain of suffering or they suffer because they drink; it requires additional thoughts.