hi

[lauri]

i could not figuere oyt how to post on this site. i am in real trouble with my drinking and denial. i need help

[WolfM]

Dear Laurie, if you are here then you have taken the first step away from that denial. See my reply to your first post.
Wolf M

[adailyreprieve]

I had trouble figuring out how to post, too. The fact that you took time to learn is very positive and then you actually shared your need for help. I am proud of you for your honesty and courage. I have responded to you other post. Please check that one out. And keep coming back.

[JR25]

Hello all, Newcomer as well here. Also having trouble figuring out how to post. Hope this is a good start. Binge drinker and I can't control. Affecting my family and job big time. Currently in the middle of a sick day from boozing it up Sat. night. I have been to AA meetings before and have regressed. Looking for another source of support I suppose as making the AA meetings is difficult with my schedule. Hope to hear from as many as possible. I really do want to quit before something awful happens to me, my family or innocent bystander. Thanks for reading!

[angussdundee]

Hey JR, would that be your work schedule or your drinking schedule ;)
anguss.

[Baritone]

Hi JR, Welcome!

The question you might need to ask yourself is how important getting sober is to you. And on the other hand what your life will look like if you keep drinking - what you are likely to lose. If you really want to get sober you are likely going to have to change some things and go out of your way to do things differently. See if there isn't some way you can work AA into your schedule. Sometimes i start to think that i dont' have time to go to AA meetings - but the funny thing is, when i do make meetings regularly, i somehow end up with more time than if i don't go.

Keep coming back, and let us know how you're doing.
- Jim

[samf]

Hi, JR25!

Hope you are feeling a little better physically today.
I used to try to stop. I got it that I just kept drinking, but I didn't know how in the heck to stop. I just couldn't do it.
I'd wake up the next day filled with fear, remorse, feeling shaky, and what I wanted more than anything in the world was another drink.
For a while I tried to not drink, but I was one miserable soul.
So, five minutes of euphoria...the rest of it hell...the cycle kept going over and over again.
I really couldn't do this thing...not drinking? Alone. It took me a long time to admit that and try to do it different.
I'm so glad you came here.

Samf

[CarolD]

Welcome....
Congratulations for seeking answers to your drinking.
Alcoholism is a disease and it is progressive.
I suggest you get more factual info

My favorite book on alcoholism is
"Under The Influence"
and it has a sequel..."Beyond The Influence"

Both can be ordered from Amazon...

Glad to see a new member...we do understand and you are not alone.

Blessings...

[samf]

How are you doing today?

Samf

[MIKEYBEEF]

Are you still out there Lauri

[jon jon]

This is my first visit to this site. Can someone tell me how to post?

[MIKEYBEEF]

Just punch in "new subject"

[CarolD]

;D Hi and Welcome!

[samf]

Hi, Jon Jon!

Welcome! ;D

How are you?

samf

[jules]

Hi Lauri

I've just joined and feel very much how you do. It's hard and a lonely illness, by keeping incontact lets try to do it together.

xxx

[oberon]

Hello all, Newcomer as well here. Also having trouble figuring out how to post. Hope this is a good start. Binge drinker and I can't control. Affecting my family and job big time. Currently in the middle of a sick day from boozing it up Sat. night. I have been to AA meetings before and have regressed. Looking for another source of support I suppose as making the AA meetings is difficult with my schedule. Hope to hear from as many as possible. I really do want to quit before something awful happens to me, my family or innocent bystander. Thanks for reading!


JR. Hi if drinking is taking over and it sounds like it is then ANY schedule you EVER had in your life is going to getwell and truly taken care of, the only schedule you get left with eventually is the hours.......then ....the minutes between drink and unconsciousness, there are no days off to full blown alcoholism.......first stop the rot.........then reschedule........you'll be there to plan on new foundations. I wish you well with all my heart. ;)

[oberon]

Jules...................NOW! your sucking diesel. My big old mouth can cease now.Love Oberon :D

[oberon]

My story.....I came here tonight to save my soul which felt broken by the loss of my oldest friends mind to illness, I felt SO BAD,then I started grabbing hold of any newcomer I could because nothing helps more than TRYING to be of assistance to our own.Thank you I feel better.I won't big book ya cos i hate it being done to me, read it when your able but the principles and steps in it are as effective as the day it was written for me........I'll sleep I wish the same for anyone reading this.Goodnight and God bless Love Oberon

[samf]

Angels all around you, Oberon...hope you know I mean love and light and protection, etc.

Sure looks like it was working.

Sam

[dorothy79]

hi, was active in AA 10yrs..that was 8? yrs ago...found an excuse to drink and have been a heavy-daily drinker since. there's a tug of war going on in my head...do I/don't I stop...am I/ am I not an alcoholic...my family encourages my drinking. help

[MIKEYBEEF]

I feel the same way. My wife is a true enabler and enjoys my company when im drinking,which makes it tough,but you have to do this for yourself.The rest of the greatlife will followin time,and just know. Life is much better, and more rememerable,,sober

[samf]

Me, personally...it was my HP that got me sober...also my HP who removed the obsession, tug of war...in my head.

Had to do it for me, but didn't know that, at the time...just felt so damned beat up. Couldn't do it, on my own.

My family told me I wasn't alcoholic. I knew I was.

Am glad I got to AA...and that group of drunks helped my butt, a lot.

The disease is cunning, baffling, powerful...our minds tell us all kinds of stuff to make it ok to drink.

Sending out prayers your way. If I can do anything, give a hollar, ok?

Samf

[MIKEYBEEF]

Ya its weird one day I can feel great like Ihave the desease beat.I'l work all day,laugh,joke around,and feel absolutly positive about myself and just life in general. Then I'l get off work and head home,knowing that I have the next 2 days off.Thats when the war starts.I feel like I almost have multiple personalities,cause that voice wont shut up!By the time I get home Im feeling depressed wanting a drink and my wife is asking me why im so quit.Isay Im tired and then I just mope around the house feeling sorry for myself until the craving dissapates. This isnt all the time,its when im off the next day or two and I know that if I drank I wouldnt have to worry about work the next day.When this happened to me yesterday I eventually pulled out the AA book and read for an hour. :)

[MIKEYBEEF]

I do.But I still feel the fight. Especially during the early stages or my recovery.