Hi welcome

so your still functional as they say, I was once, ran my own business, gets to school ntertained all night worked hard palyed hard that was me.

And then bang, the drink took over where I left off, and all the good stuff became a distant memory as I slowly drunk myself broke.

Sounds as though you have not got that far yet, but the tightrope oh is so thin, befor eyou know where you are the drink overtakes everything and bingo its to late

Nip in the bud now, here is a great place to start, then the AA And if its real bad see your Doc.

Alcohol will take over completely in the end and all the good work your doing now will got to waste.

If I had a wish, it would be that I had not taken 30 years to learn that alcohol truly is the pits.

Great you are taking it on board, as hard as it may seem its not once you get to grips with it, why slowly poison yourself anyway.

Wishing loads of positives, good luck and welcome

Trickey

thank you so much for those wonderful words of wisdom. i did go 2 nights last wk without a drink but this wk ave failed badly. i drink at least 6 pints a night n that every night and as the kids r not here 2nite it will be more. practically crawling upstairs early hrs in the morning. feel too ashamed to go to AA and afraid to go to the doc as im a sinlge mum and dont want my kids taken off me. i can look after them they r great got all they need and r healthy only drink in the night. but thats not the point. im failin again.xx

you are not failing you have took the first steps by admitting u have a problem and asking for help,although i am not an alcholic my mum is,my mum gooes to the aa 3 times a week and this has been the only thing that has stoppped my mum drinking,good luck and take care xxx

thank u hun. xxx

i was still very much "functoning" when i realized i (still) couldnt cont the way i was goin. it was eating me up inside. i knew it HAD to stop, that i HAD to stop-whether ur still functioning or not really isnt the issue. the issue is more about how the drinkin consumes YOU, than how YOU consume IT! and how that makes u feel inside. onlt u can know that. and u should NEVER b ashamed to go to AA. thats what its there for. look@ IT LIKE THIS...u really r blessed just by the fact that u are still able to function and yet ur smart enuf to know that it only goes DOWN from here. Good luck. God Bless

oh yeah, an WELCOME by the way. u have came to a great place! its a very good start..

Welcome,
There's no shame in AA, and although you're functional and drink alone, we seldom fool people as well as we think we do. Many of us are ashamed to come out and admit that we're alcoholic and need help, but when we do the reality is often that people already knew.

You said you're a single mother, that's an even better reason to go to AA. When you don't have the kids maybe try a meeting, you're worth it.

am goin to c bout AA meetings in my area. but dont know how to find out about them. dont want ask the docter.x

Welcome to the group. You can find a meeting in your area by calling AA central office in your area. They can supplies you a listing of meeting near where you lived and when the meetings are held. It suggested that newcomer make ninety meeting in ninety days. This was told to me when I was new. I am now thirdteen years clean and sober. Good luck to you.

well done ron. glad that it worked for u hun. dont think i wud be able to do all those days though i have a busy life and kids to think of as well. there is not one of my friends know about this or my family. dont want them to know.xx

Purple O, there are a lot of us in this Special Club that were able to carry on despite destructive drinking--there's a line of thought that active alcoholics can accomplish on 40% of their capabilities what takes "earthlings" 100% of their efforts--the shame in all of this being--there are (possibly, if you are one of us!!)60% of your energies that could be put toward more rewarding life experiences (eg, your family, meaningful pursuits and interests, etc.)......my hope for you is to realize it sooner, rather than later--cause eventually, if you are an alcoholic, this will begin to change for the worse (it is a progressive disease....)--my thoughts are with you!!

Howdy Purple,
You drink till you drop.
What would happen should your kids cry out for you in the middle of the night? Or someone break in? Are you driving while still under the influence from the night before?

Sounds like you fit here just fine. You will find out that we could not quit either. However, there is a solution. Don't pick up the first drink! If you find you cannot do this then call someone instead of picking up that drink. If no one is available to talk to...hit your knees and talk to God. He will help you.

Keep Coming Back!

Guru

well i have done really well not had a drink since fri nite and have got past the urge this evening to have one as well. to late to do anything bout it now as i got none here n cant go out to get any the littlen is in bed. x

I was a functioning alcoholic for many yrs also but there iwll come the point you go past that line.

Embarrased to got to a meeting why ?? everyone there is an Alcoholic, so your not about to shock anyone, if your afraid to see your Doc, go to the AA, before the Doc, comes to you

Trickey