Alcoholism Support Group

Welcome to the forum! You CAN quit drinking for good, but it will take stubborn work and enormous effort. Why not read some of the older posts here and start checking out different programs? AA, Rational Recovery and Women for Sobriety are all great choices.

Deciding to quit is the first step, but we usually need help to carry through on that decision.

Let us know how you're doing!

Glad you could join us. I have found reading the post on this site helps me a lot. I am on my 5th day, my last drink was Sat. I have been reading this site daily, it keeps me in the right mind set. The thoughts of alcohol are still there, but they are getting less & less. I keep myself busy.

I drink a lot of sparkling water with lime. We have to replace drinking (our best friend) with something else. I am concentrating on starting my own business, something that I would not be able to do if my mind is not clear.

My partner also drinks, not in excess just social, with dinner etc. She does not have the problem I do. You are right it has nothing to do with them. The way I feel is if I am going to be able to function in life, I am going to be around people that drink. So I have to change my mind set to deal with that.

My partner does however have an addiction to food. She lost a bunch of weight & now exercises. She is dealing with her demons, but of course I can tell it takes a lot for her to control it. What it made me realize that an addiction is an addiction. Food, drugs, whatever. It does make us bad people, It just makes us like so many other people dealing with their own demons. We unfortunately have the addiction that people seem to think you can just lay that bottle down, we are just drunks. Well, I am one of the nicest people you would meet & yes I am an alcoholic.

It's a minute by minute thing for me. If you would like to talk more, just let me know. Good luck!!!

Ended falling a sleep after taking 2 clozapam pills. I woke up to see that complete strangers do care. Today going forward is my sober date. Like I said, the first is the worst, so I just need to stay away from booze and say no. I cant keep living this repeative life style. . Thank you for helping me.

Hello abshoefreakshow,

Sometimes when a person gets sick of feeling sick it can be very easy to quit drinking. The more difficult job is staying sober through the bad days and the good days. All can be well for weeks or even months and then some day life throws a spanner in the works and thoughts of drinking come flooding back. That is why it is important to have some sort of programme to fall back on so that when those bad days come you will have another way to deal with them.

For me the answer was found in the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. What you do is of course your own business and I wish you success and happiness whichever way you decide to deal with the problem.

Glad you are here.
I've found this board very very helpful. Especially early on.
But, I couldnt get sober with this board alone. I tried. I got a few months (3) then drank again. I needed an in person deal, I needed a full program. I know not everyone does, but I did. And I'm so so grateful. AA works for me. I go to meetings, I have a sponsor, I work the steps, I sponsor, I have a service comitment, and most of all I am now connected to a god of my understanding. I rely on this connection on an hourly, daily, basis. Its this connection that's filled up the "god sized hole" in the middle of my chest...that was the hole that I poured a ton of booze into. The booze didnt work, and it became all consuming. God does.
Anyway that's all from me. Welcome again and stick around!

Thanks for all the support. Someone mentioned, sick and tired of being sick and tired. Thats how I feel. I feel better than yesterday. Have had nothing to drink today, dont plan too. I hate to admit, but years ago, had an issue with coke. As long as I stay away from it, then I am fine. But that first line, it all goes down hill. I now have to admit that I have to have the same additue towars drinking. I'll update later next week.

I had a really bad liver report from my Dr and it scared the hell out of me my liver function was way off and I had a fatty liver I went to detox and rehab but I'm afraid it's not working for me now.

My liver was very close to Chirossis and last week doc said it's in the very healthy zone. You can do it too. Decide to never drink again.

I think if you read your own posts when you feel like drinking, it will help you to NOT drink. What you wrote gives compelling reasons to stop.

I don't post much, but am grateful for this forum. It helped me through the weak spots, especially early on.

The "sick of being sick" is a big motivator for me. I know if I drink, I will not stop until I fall asleep. I remember thinking crazy things, like "this time I won't have a hangover." Why would I think that? After thousands of hangovers? Now I remember the only way to avoid being sick is not to drink.

I'm no sage, and feel I must qualify my advice. Just writing from my experience.

You have what they call a "silk sheet bottom". I never got into trouble either. I also tried Near Beer. They didn't have Odouls than. It also lead me to beer. I too use to get real shaky and couldn't sleep. I shook so bad I could hardly write my name. The trouble was that I couldn't stop drinking until I got so sick I couldn't drink anymore.