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, I just joined today....been battling if I have a problem for a long time...but for the last couple of years especially more now....its affected my job....calling out do to being hungover....my main thing is why? Not sure why I drink to access....I have been to therapy to get through past childhood trauma....it has helped....diagonosed with anxiety disorder when I was 21....I am just super sick of the shame and guilt....also not sure if I can be the occasional social drinker or not....It scares the crap out of me...
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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...
So I decided I had had enough and plugged the jug. Now after awhile I wonder why I waited so long. Life got better and things still happen but I don't have to drink over them.
Only you can answer that question, but usually if you have to ask then you already know the answer. The thing I found most difficult was quitting and staying quit. I could quit but always would start back up. I found a lot of help from other alcoholics. In the rooms of aa
1is2many
The most important thing to know is it is not anything wrong with you it's just a issue with alcohol. And more importantly being an alcoholic doesn't make you any less of a person. Actually I found that when I realized I WAS an alcoholic then I was able to work on what I could do to get Thru it and back to living.
You are not alone , many have recovered
I cried when I read your question & 1is2many's response. Yesterday was my 30 day sober mark - for about the 12th time...I relapsed again last night. So today is day one again. I've never been to a meeting. I've been trying to do it on my own. I can't do it alone. Today I reached out to family and tomorrow is my first meeting. I'm getting a ride there.
While some quit on their own, many others fail. And while many fail in AA, many more succeed.
Surround yourself who are proof that a life of sobriety is great. Unfortunately here you get some help, and a lot of people coming here, who aren't committed to living life sober.
It looks like you definitely do have a problem with alcohol and the exact nature of that problem will determine what you need to do.
It may be that you are just a heavy drinker who uses alcohol in order to deal with lifes challenges and if that is the case you should be able to either cut back on your drinking or quit entirely without too much effort. However, from reading your post I would say that you are probably an alcoholic and if that is the case you will need to take an entirely different approach.
Please educate yourself about alcoholism and you will then see the way ahead. If you are an alcoholic you cannot drink safely, end of story. Like you, I had no idea why I drank to excess and why I could not stop drinking when I wanted to stop. When I went to meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous I learned the exact reasons and also I learned about a possible solution.
The video below can be absolutely life altering for someone who is struggling with alcoholism and doesnt know why they cannot control their drinking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pVBDQPC2XQ