# Feel guilty for being drunk!

**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/feel-guilty-for-being-drunk/8121
**Category:** Advice & Questions
**Created:** [March 4, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/feel-guilty-for-being-drunk/8121 "2017-03-04T00:39:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![sunstar](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/sunstar/32/5097_2.png) [@sunstar](https://talkingsober.com/u/sunstar)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/feel-guilty-for-being-drunk/8121/1 "2017-03-04T00:39:43Z")

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Why does alcohol rule our lives?

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### Author: ![Sober](https://talkingsober.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Sober](https://talkingsober.com/u/Sober)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/feel-guilty-for-being-drunk/8121/2 "2017-03-04T01:11:42Z")

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That used to be true. It isnt any longer. Now we move on 😀👍

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### Author: ![carmen071](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/carmen071/32/5273_2.png) [@carmen071](https://talkingsober.com/u/carmen071)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/feel-guilty-for-being-drunk/8121/3 "2017-03-04T02:01:24Z")

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Well for me, deep-seated internal issues that I never properly dealt with and lack of positive coping skills but allllll that’s a-changing!

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### Author: ![KDR](https://talkingsober.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@KDR](https://talkingsober.com/u/KDR)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/feel-guilty-for-being-drunk/8121/4 "2017-03-27T19:16:43Z")

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I was just thinking about this passage from the book “The Little Prince” about drinking because you are ashamed about drinking when I came across your post. I know for me that is definitely one of the reasons I keep the cycle going and have to learn to get past.

Why are you drinking? - the little prince asked.

- In order to forget - replied the drunkard.
- To forget what? - inquired the little prince, who was already feeling sorry for him.
- To forget that I am ashamed - the drunkard confessed, hanging his head.
- Ashamed of what? - asked the little prince who wanted to help him.
- Ashamed of drinking! - concluded the drunkard, withdrawing into total silence.  
And the little prince went away, puzzled.  
‘Grown-ups really are very, very odd’, he said to himself as he continued his journey.  
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince