The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 3

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jo1972 wrote: »

AA is not scary and even if you do bump into someone you know you know your secret will be safe with them as theirs will be with you. You would both be there for the same reason. It's good that you are taking these steps, it's the hardest part of the battle.....kind of :rolleyes: Good luck with whatever you choose to do, we're all here for you xx

Ta love.:A

fedupandskint

I am so p*******ed off with Mr Employer for messing about yet again. They made me feel so v.angry today that if I had a can of lager in I would be drinking it and my corkscrew is broken.

It takes a lot to push my buttons but they know how to do it each time. Need to get backside into gear to get a new job as didn't bother applying for the last one. A small regret there then. Need to move on from that place for my mental health keeping stable!

It has taken a long time to calm down, getting there slowly and am off to make some tea in a bit to take my mind off the day

fedupandskint

I've felt like losing it and crying all day and the feeling won't go away - please go

jo1972

Awww ((((FUAS)))), take some deep breaths, eat some choklit and rant on here xxx

jo1972

Just been to doc, quite an epic visit, be back later to tell you all about it!

Nothing bad by the way, just embarrassing!

Bismarck

115K wrote: »

I have been reading about alcoholism online and need to come here for a bit of light relief! I'm considering going to AA but I just really dread the thought of walking in the first time and seeing someone I know.:eek:

don't let this put you off...at my first meeting I met someone I knew indirectly.....they took me to their preferred meeting a few days later and there was someone there I knew...I went on my own to another meeting...and met someone I knew there too....they were all fantastic and really brought it home to me that it really wasn't just me....and also how prevalent the problem is.....

take care everyone....

eselt

Hi all- ears still red, god knows how much scrubbing its gonna take to look normal again. Anyway, Jo, I've applied for a training post with the NHS to be an alcohol and drugs counsellor- three days a week working with people, and 2 days at the local uni for the training, with a training salary that I think I can live on. Quite excited about it really- I think I'd be quite good at it, considering!!!!!!!!.


Fedup- hugs, hugs, hugs- sometimes its like this, you take care, I learnt the hard way that work is never worth sacrificing your mental health- something has to give, and nine times out of ten its you!!!!!!!!!!

Re: GP's- I think I must have been lucky, 3-4 years ago I spilled the beans with a young GP and he got me a LFT (which showed some enzymes were present which meant my liver was working too hard), he gave me a librium script for 4 days as I tried to reduce and stop, then got our local alcohol and drug CPN to visit me at home and do a proper detox- saved my life really. I did this a couple of times as I would give up, be OK for a couple of weeks then relapse, and I should have gone to something like AA then to keep me on the straight and narrow. Took me 7 detox's in the end to quit, 2 emergency ones in hospital after I'd had a withdrawal fit, 3 librium scripts from my GP, 2 home detox's with local alchohol service. Without a doubt I would be dead now if I hadn't been able to access that support. Amazingly it only took 12 months for my LFT to come back completely normal- I just thank god I managed to get to this before it was too late- I wasn't even 40, madness, just madness!!??

Hope everyone is OK today, keep on keeping on everyone. Back to the bathroom to scrub my ears- christ they look ridiculous.

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Fedup - hugs to you. Hope you can surf the urge and get back to the beach OK... if that makes sense!

Eselt - good luck with the job. I agree, you'll be very good at this. Thanks for sharing your story. There's a lot of hope here.

Best wishes to everyone
Hiphouse xx

Lurkio

Well done on the garden progress, jo :T :T :T

Might post mine one day...... :whistle: :whistle:

115K

I hope you feel better about work FUAS.

Bismarck wrote: »

don't let this put you off...at my first meeting I met someone I knew indirectly.....they took me to their preferred meeting a few days later and there was someone there I knew...I went on my own to another meeting...and met someone I knew there too....they were all fantastic and really brought it home to me that it really wasn't just me....and also how prevalent the problem is.....

Thanks Bismarck. I keep reading good things about people's experiences with AA. I just think that the spiritual aspect might be offputting but then I suppose there is only one way to find out.