Alcoholism Support Group
Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.
I have struggled with alcoholism for quite some time now. I used to be able to control my drinking and when I started to get buzzed it wasn't a good feeling for me. 10 years later at this point it seems to be something I can't live without. I find myself waiting everyday to get out of work just so I can begin my drinking habits. My fiance is a professional dancer and although she drinks on occasion she isn't the type to go out and get drunk unless in the one feeding her shots. She is always terribly hung over the next day and in bed all day and I am up at 8 am looking to go get another drink so I can keep my buzz. I got a DUI two years ago and it was the worst experience ever I had to go to meetings and I was on probation and spent a whole lot of money!! While on probation I stayed sober for six months before I began sneaking off to the gas station "I'm going to get a soda" and chugging an MD while I was there. I love my fiance with all my heart and she has put up with so many drunken moments that o wake up and can't remember at all! Don't even remember laying down or how I got in bed. Every night she comes home at 6 and I've already had 3-4 drinks before she even walks in the door. She always wants to work out and be active and I can't pull myself off the couch after dinner and usually end up falling asleep around 8 or 9 if I'm lucky and she is left up watching tv by herself and then trying to pry me off the couch to go to bed. She always wonders why I'm so tired and never want to watch movies with her and do things with her. To be quite honest I do but the alcohol sucks all the energy out of me. I love her with all my heart and would be devastated if I ended up losing her, especially over something like drinking. I feel weak and can't understand why I can't conquer the habit and I joined this group to get some help and some insight on how to start getting my life back together and on the right track. Thank you for listening to my rant and look forward to being a part of your group
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I was able to plug the jug a few 24;s ago. You can live without boose.
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Along with the physical and chemical effects that occur when we drink, we also have to un-do the thinking processes that get us from sober to blitzed. For example, when I was first getting sober it was so hard to not wanna drink during happy moments in my life! It was almost automatic in me, that thinking "I gotta drink to this!" I had to consciously tell myself, "No, you aren't thinking that way anymore." So I want to underscore the importance of re-routing your thinking which, as it is now, will always lead you to a drink. To be sober means so much more than not drinking anymore.
And on that note, your could perhaps practice some introspection about your drinking. Drinking is a manifestation of deeper-seated problems we want to drown out. When you identify those, which will take time, you can work towards improving upon them or healing from them, etc. I learned, for example, that I have seriously low self-esteem, I couldn't deal with rejection, and I was self-sabotaging out of fear. Now that I know these things, I am taking th necessary steps to ameliorate them, and as I do I have less need to or desire to drink, because those wounds are finally mending.
Telling the people closest to you that you have a problem and you are finally working towards sobriety is hard for some, but I think personally it really helps. It was part of my support system that I needed in the early stages.
Just some suggestions. Keep coming here. It is a wonderful resource.
Wishing you sobriety.
At this point I just want to emphasize ONE thing (there are so many, but I want to keep it simple). DON'T stop drinking because of your fiance. DON'T do it for anyone else but YOU. You and you alone have the power to change your habits. You can do it. But once you say "I did it for her" - you are setting yourself up for resentment down the road.
My two cents. For now.