Why Do Alcoholics Say They Are Recovering Alcoholics and the AA Big BooK?

Question by starflower: Why do Alcoholics say they are recovering alcoholics and the AA Big BooK?
to finish my question. refer to an alocholic as being recovered?

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Answer by Kevin
I believe it is because they believe they will always have an addiction to alcohol so will always be theoretically in “recovery” which is to say each day of their lives they say no to alcohol.

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