Alcohol self help thread II

*Natalie*

feelinggood wrote:

I don't think I'm ready to give it up, I still need it to cope with some bad things really. I suppose I should just give it up completely, but its a big step and I'm scared.

I know what you mean, I am scared too but I can't carry on getting into the state I get into, I kept waking up the next morning and there would be splashes of wine all over the place and I'd have to scrub carpets and walls and stuff. It isn't funny that I get so hammered like that, if I could just have 2 or 3 glasses then I'd be happy but I just can't, after 2 or 3 I'm too far gone to stop, it just isn't enough

Maybe it's best to take each day as it comes

feelinggood_2

*Natalie* wrote:

I know what you mean, I am scared too but I can't carry on getting into the state I get into, I kept waking up the next morning and there would be splashes of wine all over the place and I'd have to scrub carpets and walls and stuff. It isn't funny that I get so hammered like that, if I could just have 2 or 3 glasses then I'd be happy but I just can't, after 2 or 3 I'm too far gone to stop, it just isn't enough

Maybe it's best to take each day as it comes

I try my best, and usually I'm fine. I don't even drink that often. But as soon as my body decides it wants a drink, I can't seem to fight it. Still considering going to AA meetings, but can't really do that without OH finding out

lewt

Anyone how wonders why they keep drinking should have a read of this.. hope it helps http://www.step12.com/silkworth-doctors-opinion.html im a recored alcoholic and thought i had to drink to deal with bad things that went on but it simply aint true. not now i know what i have to do. which is not pick up a drink and ill be ok life is hard at times but i dont have to drink anymore. any1 needs any help then pm me and ill do my bst

lewt

What do people think of alcoholic anon here?

feelinggood_2

lewt wrote:

What do people think of alcoholic anon here?

I've never been. Keep meaning too, but current circumstances dictate that I can't.
My mum goes to 2 a week and runs a third - shes been going for something like 16 years or so.

Al_Mac

I'll save that one for later lewt, just popping in and out at the moment. Agree on the drink to do things:o

Neve tried any meetings, to be honest I'd need a drink to go:o

brodev

lewt wrote:

What do people think of alcoholic anon here?

I have been attending for 42 years. I have been sober that time. I can honestly say that I could not stay off drink for more that a couple of weeks before I found AA. If anyone stays off drink in any way whatsoever then I am pleased for them, but for me I believe that I would have been dead many years ago if it were not for AA. I am the type of person that when I do not drink I am left with a big hole inside of me that needs filling. The AA programme fills that hole. I have a life that I did not think possible for me. I have peace of mind, contentment, freedom from fear, dignity and a measure of serenity. I believe that most people enjoy these qualities as normal. I did not. I do now. As you can probably expect I cannot sing the praises of AA loud enough but, if it is not for you, I hope you find some other way of saving yourself from the misery that I lived with.

suffolkb

I have to agree with brodev.AA may not be for everyone,but give it a try before you dismiss it.I was forced to go as a condition of being in my rehab center or I would never have gone to AA.Now I go because it helps.
Well done on 42 years. I heard that when the first person to make 50 years was asked how you do it,he replied "you stay sober a day at a time.And you don`t die." So far so good.

feelinggood_2

Hows everyone getting along?

ac

hit an all time low

my world how i no it is falling in on me.....

and yet something is keeping me sober

guess its cause deep down i no......

no matter how bad my world is...........

its better having a bad world than the existance i new with alcohol

hope everyone is ok xxxxx