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finally pulled myself back out of it again

jaya9087ag
jaya9087ag
well i haven't been on here in a few weeks because i hit the vodka hard again. i really don't understand why i keep doing this over and over when i know the devastation its causing. it's tearing my family apart and the worst think about it is vodka makes me really verbally aggressive and for no reason at all sometimes but yet i still end up drinking vodka again. The part that i don't get is that i can stop drinking but its staying stopped that i struggle with, like now iv gone 48 hours with out i drink but the amount of vodka iv been drinking is getting out of hand, i keep going on these 3 to 5 day binges then pulling myself back out of it for a few days, I've tried to get into rehab but have had no luck with it so I'm really worried that this will keep happening. I'm only 24 and i can see this going either two ways, back to prison or death......
jeffneedshelp
jeffneedshelp
Whether it's Vodka or any other type of drink, "alcohol" is the problem.

Don't be fooled by thinking that substituting beer for vodka will make you less aggressive or abusive.

Keep up the fight. You have support here.
deleted_user
deleted_user
... Or recovery. What's stopping you going to AA or other accessible help in your area? You might find you need more than your own help to get well and if you can't go to rehab, you do have other options.
PJ54
PJ54
Hello James,

The drinking is not going to stop until you do something about it.

Why not try a few AA meetings and see how it goes. If you find it hard to get out of the house to go to a meeting, you can telephone or email AA and ask if they would send someone to go along with you to the meeting. AA members in your area will be glad to help you and you wont be causing a problem for them because that is part of what they do.

You dont have to go to prison or die but you need help. Give AA a call what do you have to lose?

National Helpline

0845 769 7555
help@alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
Egwene
Egwene
Keep trying with the rehab idea too Jaya - you don't say why you've had no luck with it but maybe you need to pursue this with more vigour. Keep fighting for your freedom from the chains that bind and don't give in :)
Impermanence
Impermanence
If you cannot' get rehab see a doctor. The doctor can help you get through the rough spots of withdrawal.
lostnursetoo
lostnursetoo
Welcome back!!! It good to see you back and still fighting the good fight!!
Deogee
Deogee
James, glad to see you back! I have been wondering about you because you haven't been around for a while.

Why can't you go to rehab? I would think there is a rehab somewhere that you could go to, but maybe I just don't know the whole picture.

If you can't go to rehab, then I hope you will go to AA or some kind of support group. Maybe the doctor, for starters. Just glad to see you pulled yourself back out again and are here to share.
jaya9087ag
jaya9087ag
JEFF.......Don't worry i won't be fooled by 'thinking substituting beer for vodka will somehow be the end to all my problems of being aggressive or abusive, I'm not that naive, did you just imagine that i was thinking that. I've come on here for support so keep the smart ass shit to yourself bro
jaya9087ag
jaya9087ag
Thankyou to everyone else it's good to be made to feel welcome back in the forum :)
LLB2
LLB2
This is why it's nice to be able to share with other alcoholics - we start to realize we're not alone. There is nothing logical about why we drink to the point of ruining our lives. To outsiders, they say "why don't you just stop or drink less?". And even we ask ourselves that question. At some point, I think we all have to make the firm realization that we can't drink... because it always leads us to the same place.

You're not alone in this thought pattern. So what do you want to do about it?