Originally Posted by
qayak
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Glad to hear it and I am not trying to take anything away from you. In fact, I am trying to say that the credit for any success you have is yours. You do the work, you go through the rough patches and you ultimately succeed or fail. You pay the price for the slips and you should get the credit for the successes.
This may be true but
for me would be a dangerous way to think. It is a very short step from:
I did it I deserve the credit!
to:
Hey, I can control my drinking! 1 or 2 after work today won't hurt me, I got the willpower to handle it now...