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.
hello everyone new to group. been a member of the ds gambling addiction group for a few years its has helped me greatly... except when i binge drink alcohol.. the bad decisions follow like clockwork . im not usually a everyday drinker ... but there have been 100s of stretches of everyday all day binges that last for a few days to a few weeks. my normal destructive cycle starts with obviously drinking ... then when i get to a certain intoxication the overwhelming urge to gamble possesses me. im only 5 minute walk from casino ..so then the destruction begins ... i will stay and drink/gamble basically til im broke.. may be 1hr . may be 24 straight hrs. then i will leave casino broke with the worst humiliated drunk feeling ever . i will swear to never drink/ gamble again... but then i will wake up from passout/blackout wonder where all of my money went.. get depressed at the stupid decisions i made while drinking and then start drinking again to forget about the stupid decisions i made while drinking ! its insane drinking to forget about the stupid decisions i made while drinking. i have repeated this cycle 100s of times . then once the depression lifts i quit drinking start hitting gym everyday , saving $ , eating healthy . i will go weeks.. sometimes months without booze... feel healthy as a horse.. then the whole binge cycle starts again . i honestly never gamble sober.. if im sober i could walk thru casino have zero urge to gamble at all . not exactly sure what i would exactly classify myself as... all i know is this binge drinking/gambling is going to be the death of me one of these days . well thanks for reading hoping i can meet some new friends who have been in this struggle . 1 week sober for me ... hoping to avoid that down the road next binge that always seems to haunt me . take care everyone sincerely johnny
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Thing is that for this alcoholic, quitting was easy. I did it every day. The tough thing was staying quit. The only way I was able to was to find a room of alchies and work on the root of the cause.
I hope you can find a way to work on getting sober not just quitting drinking. It took some work and Im basically lazy but in the end it has been soooooo worth it.
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Its just like me with smoking....I quit for a year...and as soon as I picked up a drink...smoking follows....for you its gambling and alcohol...going hand in hand.
I call it an addictive, self destructive personality.
Its good your able to stay sober here and there. I had an 8 year sobriety time..but as soon as I started binging in 2014...I haven't stopped.
So I don't have a lot of advice..but I do have compassion for your situation and a deep understanding.
You have described very well the insanity of alcoholism and probably the same applies to gambling. You swear never to drink or gamble again but yet you find yourself doing both after a while. Even though you are not an everyday drinker, what you have described are the symptoms of alcoholism.
For an active alcoholic drinking becomes an obsession. After a period of binge drinking many will use their determination and willpower to fight the urge to drink and some will be successful, at least for a period of time. Then the emotional pressure builds up until at some point the obsession overcomes willpower and it will be the start of another binge. The first drink produces a craving for more alcohol and it will be extremely difficult to stop. This cycle is repeated over and over again, with the period between binges getting shorter and the misery getting greater.
If such a person is to recover it is usually necessary for them to bring about a change in the way of thinking so that the obsession for alcohol is removed. If you are to avoid that next binge it may be necessary for you too to bring about that change. Posting on DS is a good start and that alone may work for some people. For others, it is wise to go further and in my case it meant getting help through Alcoholics Anonymous.