Short YouTube monologue (single speaker) by Chris Larsen arguing for full abstinence from drinking. The speaker contrasts being "99 out" with being "100% out," stating that a strict "no drinking" standard prevents rationalizing a single exception and reduces risk of relapse.
Better to be a hundred percent out than 99 out. That's great, because if you're 99 out of something, you can always fall back into it. But if you're a hundred percent out, it's easy, right? It's just. My standard is no drinking. It's not. Well, I usually don't, but tonight I will. And then that could cascade into something else, right? Absolutely. So just totally out.
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