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 can not believe I am 5 weeks sober!!!!...never!! did I imagine I would get this far...I have seen posts from new comers on here, in the same situation that I was in. Thank god (or who ever) I wanted to get help. I think you defo need to hit the bottom and WANT to stop drinking to get help. And if you are on here, you have recognised you have a problem.
I now realise there are different levels of alcoholism. People think if you are not living on the streets, drinking whiskey and pissing yourself, you are not an alcoholic.
And it is absolutely an illness . Hence why it is on the these web sites, right up there with all the other illnesses.
The ONLY thing that has stopped me from drinking was ME WANTING to do it and AA....I LOVE AA!!!! the people in there are not freaks like I thought they would be. We alcoholics all have the same personalities. We all GET each other and our funky isms.......no one who is not an alcoholic will understand what you are going through. AA ppl will "get you"
Good luck to you new comers :)
I now realise there are different levels of alcoholism. People think if you are not living on the streets, drinking whiskey and pissing yourself, you are not an alcoholic.
And it is absolutely an illness . Hence why it is on the these web sites, right up there with all the other illnesses.
The ONLY thing that has stopped me from drinking was ME WANTING to do it and AA....I LOVE AA!!!! the people in there are not freaks like I thought they would be. We alcoholics all have the same personalities. We all GET each other and our funky isms.......no one who is not an alcoholic will understand what you are going through. AA ppl will "get you"
Good luck to you new comers :)
Addiction is absolutely a psychological illness. The fact that we physically rewire once we are addicted should tell us something. The fact that it re-programs us into "self-destruct" should be a definite other.
When I got to where you are now, I started considering a program-be it of my own making or something like AA as a security deposit, to ensure that I wouldn't go back.
Remember, that once you get far along it doesn't mean you can have JUST ONE. That is the trickiest part, this eventual considering that now you are far enough along that "just one" won't hurt. All it takes is one to get us right back where we started.
Keep going! There are so many more rewards to discover in sobriety that it's truly an exciting journey!!!
Keep doing what you're doing that's working for you.
Keep it up!!!
So true. I got sober because I just couldn't stand my life anymore. I desperately wanted to stop. Didn't know how until I walked through the doors of AA.
Thank you for the inspiring message!