Alcohol self help thread II

lewt

Sounds like you could be ready to embark on the steps ac? or if you have already looks like your preparing for step 4.

ac

i havent actively done the steps..

but i no subconciously im about a 4 ....

dont get me wrong.. if home life was good i wouldnt want out xxxx
but
sobriety before anything......my life for my life...
if i dont make my life the way it is change.......
then i no wots out there waiting to get me xxxxxxxx

you ok ? x

Al_Mac

:T :T ac:T :T

ac

i have to share something funny with ya...

took kids to the Christmas bazzar in the church community centre....

first stall littleun had ago on was the tombolla bottle stall.....

he won a can of Dr pepper's, a lemonade panda pop

and a bottle of champagne :rolleyes: ...

thankyou higher spirit xxxx

(mums Christmas present) now thats mse

EthelBloggs

hiya everone

Hope you dont mind me posting again but.. you may remember last week I found the dregs of a half bottle of vodka in my sons room? Well... I've just found a bottle of sherry(!) of all things... it's been opened but I would say barely tasted cos it's full.. he's not home for me to ask about it and I really don't know what to think.. I'm 99% sure he's not drinking.. I smell his breath sneakily n stuff like that so !!!!!! has he got it for???

beer2006

Maybe he's making a trifle Ethel

Sorry I know its serious. Sherry, thats a bit odd. Is it from a particular shop, ie is it Asdas own or something, you might get a better idea where it came from.

Just ask him where it came from and what he's doing with it, you have a right to be a bit more upset this time. It might be time to bring out what happened to all the other people around him with alcohol.

I don't know, I should really hesitate to give you advice on this, as its so important.

The very best of luck sorting it out anyway.

EthelBloggs

Thanks beer.. its called Superior Gonzalez Byass Jerez. It looks quite old, like it's been in the back of a cupboard for years or something. I've asked me mum if she's missing a bottle of sherry and she's going to check but shes got a padlock on her drinks cupboard to stop sticky fingers, so i don't see how it could have come from there. tis weird indeed

inbits

Hello - I'm not a new member really - using the old psuedonym trick here. Have been reading thread for a while.

My husband is an alcoholic - I've known for years but he has only recently admitted - I have a young family and don't know if I can go on much longer.

Is there my 24 hour support for families or is it just al-anon meetings.. I'm in bits - that's me.. in bits .. my family in bits... my husband drunk in bed - another cut on the head from falling over - another half bottle of rot gut spirits downed in one - same as last night..

feelinggood_2

inbits wrote:

Hello - I'm not a new member really - using the old psuedonym trick here. Have been reading thread for a while.

My husband is an alcoholic - I've known for years but he has only recently admitted - I have a young family and don't know if I can go on much longer.

Is there my 24 hour support for families or is it just al-anon meetings.. I'm in bits - that's me.. in bits .. my family in bits... my husband drunk in bed - another cut on the head from falling over - another half bottle of rot gut spirits downed in one - same as last night..

I'm sorry to hear about your situation inbits.

http://stepchat.com/ has several chat rooms - they hold al-anon meetings several times a day, and there is also an al-anon chat room that is open all the time - its a world wide chat room so there is always someone about.

Drinkline - The National Alcohol Helpline
Tel (Helpline): 0800 917 8282
9.00am - 11.00pm, Monday to Friday
Not 24 hours, but open till 11pm weekdays, and offers support to the family of alcoholics, and can offer advice on where to go.

Al-Anon
Tel: (Helpline) 020 7403 0888
Web: https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk
Best time to telephone: 10.00am - 10.00pm daily (confidential helpline)

You can always call the samaritans if you need someone to talk to:
http://www.samaritans.org.uk/
08457 90 90 90 - 24 hours a day

http://www.12stepforums.net - Forums and chat rooms, there are specifc alanon ones there.

Hope some of this helps, if you need to talk, feel free to post here or PM any of us.

inbits

Thank you so much for all the infomation fg. I have to logoff after every post in case a youngster sees what I'm doing. But I'll have a look after bedtime - I don't get much sleep anyhow.