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 just got back from my hometown, which is in the sticks, and i was completely overwhelmed with the fact that alcohlism is such a norm there. It's a small community, but the moment we got in and stopped at the convenience store( one of three!) i saw an old drinking buddy who was completely smashed. There were people, including him, who were just waiting around the liquor store... waiting for someone to come around and share i guess. Then i saw a group of people drinking, walking around in the middle of the day. It got even worse... i saw the most heart wrenching thing i've ever seen in my life... an old man sitting on the side of the road... too drunk to get up. What is wrong with people? How can they turn a blind eye to these people who are so obviously suffering? Why don't they, as a community, get together and find a way to help? I was so completely overwhelmed to be there... and now that i am back home i feel stirred up inside. I hate alcohol... it's tearing up my people's lives and it is such a sad thing. I don't know what i am asking for... maybe just a shoulder to lean on... and prayers for the alcoholics out there who are suffering so badly...
I often wonder what it is about alcohol that the government justifies keeping it legal while other substances are illegal.
I don't really wonder about it, I know why. The overwhelming majority of the government officials are either alcoholics who want to drink, or they are bought by the industry.
I think there should be consistency in our laws. Alcohol kills and ruins the lives or more people than any drug.
It's smoke and mirrors!
You are in a good place to feel the hate it will keep you sober today and that is all that is important.
I have not been home for 20 plus years and I know that what you saw I will see.I can't help them today but I can help others who suffer this disease.
mj
If you want to be sober and you want what we have you have to be willing to make to adjustment.
I you have to do is ask a higher power than yourself to relieve you of this disease...It all starts there. Mine is God. I pray every morning and every night that I stay sober. That I remain happy.
Seek and you shall find. Ask and it will be given.
Seems pretty simple too me.
Remember...Always Believe
Friends,
Mac