Alcohol self help thread II

beer2006

Glad you are not drinking, 1st step

Why don't you think about going to AA with your sister?

Off to watch the horrific docu I think now

lewt

beer i think your right AA is about atraction rather than promaotion . i have been feeling frustrated with this bored and it shows with my posts. after reading through form the first thread it gets to me how people cant see it. but i could'nt see it either then i was in the madness. i know this illness is the only one that tell us we aint ill. i've been self rightous(think thats the right word) and prob causing more harm than good. think i might sit back for a while.

Jayne d was there anything in the post for you 2day?

Al_Mac

Feelie, don't go, if being here helps you one millimeter you have to stay, simple as that, no one holds it against you, you just have to try. I know you don't think your mum can help, your husband doesn't believe you have a problem. Cant you try AA online?

Beer, lewt I agree with you both, AA is for some and not for others. I have problem enough getting through a day at work without running a mile, really! There is no way I could go into a room full of strangers:eek: I think I should probably do something about that phobia/fear.

Lewt, I'd be interested in your opinion of an alcoholic, you have me intrigued. I don't know if I am, just not willing to take the chance and have one;)

Jayne, glad you are still here, I wasn't at work this morning, poorly daughter, nearly 14. And a son 12, not quite as cute as a 3 year old:D

I think I missed the program, is it being repeated

suffolkb

Beer - I got away with it at work as I wasn`t the only one. Probably the worst though. I would man the computer room while the others went to the pub for a couple of hours and sip my booze while they were gone. They didn`t smell mine because they had been drinking. This only worked on the late shift as too many people around during the day.So didn`t work the early shift if I could help it.While they were gone,I would only have one can.At that time,I was a functioning drunk.

brodev

lewt wrote:

beer i think your right AA is about atraction rather than promaotion . i have been feeling frustrated with this bored and it shows with my posts. after reading through form the first thread it gets to me how people cant see it. but i could'nt see it either then i was in the madness. i know this illness is the only one that tell us we aint ill. i've been self rightous(think thats the right word) and prob causing more harm than good. think i might sit back for a while.

Jayne d was there anything in the post for you 2day?

All of us make mistakes. It takes courage to admit to them, wisdom to recognise them and serenity to accept them.
congratulations

EthelBloggs

Al_Mac wrote:

Feelie, don't go, if being here helps you one millimeter you have to stay, simple as that, no one holds it against you, you just have to try. I know you don't think your mum can help, your husband doesn't believe you have a problem. Cant you try AA online?

Beer, lewt I agree with you both, AA is for some and not for others. I have problem enough getting through a day at work without running a mile, really! There is no way I could go into a room full of strangers:eek: I think I should probably do something about that phobia/fear.

Lewt, I'd be interested in your opinion of an alcoholic, you have me intrigued. I don't know if I am, just not willing to take the chance and have one;)

Jayne, glad you are still here, I wasn't at work this morning, poorly daughter, nearly 14. And a son 12, not quite as cute as a 3 year old:D

I think I missed the program, is it being repeated

I think it's availabe to watch online.. thre's a bit of it here, might be that they make the whole thing available later..

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=rain+in+my+heart&x=67&y=16&scope=all&tab=av&recipe=all

jayne.doe

i actually would like to thank you lewt i dont think you were self righteous, it must be hard watching people suffer and knowing what has made you feel better that just makes u human..... would also like to thank beer al all of you it is very difficult and just to know someone else feels the same and you arent crazy is wonderful. nothing in the post yet but wait with bated beath:) by way lewt my sis swears by aa , not yet for me... but this post is just so helpful.

jayne.doe

ahhhhhhh al poor you daughter 14 oh the drama hee hee hope ahe is feeling better

jayne.doe

i am gonna go to bed after watching horrific documentry only because i know the pain they talk of: dunno if im an alcholic but do know that eveything i have watched tonight on telly and read on this boards make worrying reading ,and watching for me personally. i just think the demons never go away you just have to learn to live with them and hopefully that will mean without a drink. I dunno thinking about never having a drink again is like thinking of me dying it terrifies me, i dunno if i want/can do that forever. but hey pos note have headache feel like !!!! but not drinking....... nite thank u for letting me go on and on.... but as i say never had the chance before just believed i was being dramatic by thinking i drank too much...

beer2006

Forced myself to watch the whole thing, I am a bit traumatised by it to be honest, was worth watching Al.
My OH came in half way through and I had to force myself to let her watch it as well.

I think they were extreme alcholics, but not that extreme, iyswim.

A picture says a thousand words, that film must have said a million, especially what the doctor was saying.