IN NEED!!!

[eb2000]

I am 25 yrs old and live in West Warwick,RI. I have been struggling with addiction in one form or a nuther for long time. So far I have been able to kick hard drugs and that has greatly improved my life. Alcohol has been a different story.

I work 50 to 60 hours a week and am fairly good at what I do. Alcohol doesn't affect that aspect of my life. Trouble is that when I am not working I feel the need to be drunk. That affects my judgement and my motivation for obligations outside of work. Also, at times I can be combative and biligerent with the girl I love.

This is not the person I want to be nor can I see anything good in the future if this continues.

I've set up doctors appointment for this week and intend to go. I'm hoping the Doc. can help figure out what treatment options may be best in my case.

I've submited this blog in order to find advice from people who have or are still dealing with the same issues. I welcome any advice and am open to any feed back.

[MARYD]

HELLO EB2000 I TOO HAVE HAD THAT SAME PROBLEM. I TOO HAVE KICKED TO HARD DRUGS AND STILL STRUGGLE WITH THE DRINK. MY BEST ADVICE IS TO TRY AND HAVE SOMEONE YOU LOVE AND TRUST TO CONFIDE IN IF NOT THEM THAN A SPONSER. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HELPS, BUT, I WAS SOO BAD I KEPT TRYING TO RUNAWAY EVERY TIME MY HUSBAND AND I FOUGHT. WE ALWAYS FOUGHT THE WORSE WHEN I WAS DRINKING! JUST TAKE ONE DAY AT ATIME AND IT DOES WORK. T KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME OLD THING, BUT IT REALLY DOES WORK. START EACH DAY WITH ALITTLE PRAYER TO YOUR OWN UPPER POWER. ASK FOR JUST THIS HOUR, THIS DAY AND YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW EASY IT REALLY IS. OH YEAH. DON'T FORGET AT THE END OF THE DAY TO GIVE THANKS TOO. IT HELPS TO GET YOURSELF CALMER AND ABLE TO RELAX ALITTLE MORE EVERY DAY. GOOD LUCK

[fishdocdon]

Welcome EB. We have a program, AA, that TEACHES us hardheads what we need to know in order to lead a sober rewarding life. You ought to check it out in your local area. Go for a period of time 10 days or so and see if your questions are answered or not. Give sober people, with experience 2-3-10 30 yrs, a chance to guide you. People, that do have good intentions, with short term sobriety are not really equipped to give you the answers. Your talented and young so I hope you give AA a try. I was a 53 yr. old Dentist when I finally gave up in 91. The program works . GBWU Don

[WolfM]

Dear eb2000,

Doc is right. The only solution I have found for my addiction to alcohol is the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. (And if you have ever been to an Narcotics Anonymous meeting, part of their preamble says "alcohol is a drug, and we must abstain from using all drugs). For me this means going to meetings, studying the Big Book, getting a sponsor, and working the steps. I gave up fighting the battle to drink like a normal person in 1987. AA has continued to work for me. Look AA up in your phone book and attend some meetings. Look for the similarities and not the differences.

Wolf M

[mnorton]

Thank you for your candor. It is a hard fact but I am finally prepared to face my demons. It?s about time I have a beautiful family that supports me but I am feeling so week right now, This is making me feel very week to admit all since I have gone through so many transitions re cently. One more to add to the list! I recently relocated from NY and have acquired the job of a lifetime within one day of my arrival. It is very important to me that I continue on this track. But I have managed to alienate my family and am now completely alone from one episode of drinking. I am so sad and have completely separated myself from my family. I don?t know how to proceed in this process. I have a full life with work and activities and I don?t know what to do.

m

[angussdundee]

Hello again M, Reading your post reminds me of how futile my own efforts were to drag a ball and chain around while trying to get on with my life in 'not so quiet' desperation. Re-locating, new job, problems in the family etc etc and all this whilst trying to drink.
I can only tell you what I did and hope that you will give it a try. I swallowed my pride, plucked up the courage and entered a room to an AA meeting. I tried to keep an open mind and I let the process begin.
Try it, it works if you're willing to let the penny drop.

anguss.

[samf]

Hi....

What Anguss said!!

It all starts for each one of us with that!!!

Hoping you will find the courage to take it!!

Adding my prayers that you will!