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.
For the longest time I told my husband he had a drinking problem, we have a daughter who is 15 now, the times we went out for dinner, I would not drink as I watched how much he drank. I don't know when it started but now I drink with him. She said, you never drank too much with daddy at dinner cuz you'd watch out for me, now you drink with him as you don't have to watch out/care for me. A while ago I had too much to drink in front of my daughter, she was heartbroken and told me I was getting like daddy and she did not like it. I told her she would never see me like that again, which she has not. But she now tells me not to drink cause it makes her uncomfortable ( she may be nervous it will get out of hand?) I do anyway as I want to show her I can be responsible. My dad was a really bad dunk, I mean falling down drunk, which my husband and I are not. I do enjoy drinking, I am Italian and are used to having wine with dinner, I can have one glass a night and no more. My daughter told me today that she just found out that her friends left our cape house a day early after the 4th of July because we were drunk. I am sick to my stomach!! I do not want my daughter to lose respect for me, but I'm afraid that the damage is done. I can only learn from her words. Please help me make sense of this?
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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...
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It's funny, on occasion I've asked my husband to have a beer for the same reason - he honestly can take it or leave it and would rather eat his calories - I'll never understand.
I have talked a bit with my older son about my family's history of alcoholism and how, especially with this history, it is important to wait to drink until he's older as statistics show a higher chance of developing dependence the earlier you start. I hope I'm not giving him a complex.
When I quit this time (second and hopefully final) I decided that this was just not how it was going to go down for me. I have friends with alcoholic parents that are now older and sickly and that's just not what I want for me or for my kids.