But the real need is not for a drink or the need to be freed from feeling the desire for a drink. The real need is not for a fix of some kind or to be freed from having the compulsion for a fix. The real need is something more basic to the human heart. In most cases, it is a need for acceptance. The inner drive for acceptance first leads the addicted person to take a drink. In some cases, the acceptance that is being sought is not the acceptance of another living person, be it spouse, friend, colleague,
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