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.
The Beast/Disease as it is variously called must be resisted in order for me to deal with uncomfortable feelings from the past and in the present the best way possible. These uncomfortable feelings are the food in my being that keeps the beast/disease alive. As some level of discomfort is embedded in my life the beast/disease is never quite slain...So my beast/disease waxes and wanes in my consciousness according to my discomfort in the present.
I must maintain the motivation to resist the beast/disease and not drink. Self appraisal, openness to various tools/advice, and the desire to carry out the mission of abstinence no matter how strong the beast/disease is talking are the traits I am committed to developing in ever increasing measure.
From there how one copes with the good, bad, beauty, and ugliness of life without mood altering substances is as different as the snowflakes...
All thoughts welcome...
I must maintain the motivation to resist the beast/disease and not drink. Self appraisal, openness to various tools/advice, and the desire to carry out the mission of abstinence no matter how strong the beast/disease is talking are the traits I am committed to developing in ever increasing measure.
From there how one copes with the good, bad, beauty, and ugliness of life without mood altering substances is as different as the snowflakes...
All thoughts welcome...
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Dick Van Dyke’s path to sobriety was a turning point in his life and career. Here’s what happened:How He Got SoberStruggles and Realization: Van Dyke began drinking as a teenager, largely to cope with shyness and social anxiety. Alcohol made him feel more comfortable in social settings, but over time, his drinking spiraled out of control. By his mid-40s, he recognized that he had an addictive...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d27679i-X4
The beast/disease is never quite slain - NEVER. It is always there. When relying on the beast/disease is the only life we've ever known, it is oh so difficult to change our thinking, and therefore, our actions.