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 friends,
This is my first time here. I am 25 years old and have been an alcohalic for about 7 years or so. I have admitted my problem and have been working towards recovery for nearly 2 years amd am currently in my second day sober, about 5 days ago I went to a bar and got black out drunk, pissed my pants, made an attempt on my life and ended up losing my 5th job to my addiction. After that I went on a bender drinking about 3 liters of booze in 3 days and sleeping my problems away. I have a long distance relationship and was on my way to visit him and 2 strong drinks at the airport , knowingly over drafting my bank account. Immediately feeling guilty and sick I threw up the drinks as best as I could and suffered a horrible 4 hours flight. Now that I've been down here I've gotten through the shakes and the nightmares, and physically I'm in the clear.
But I've been past them before.
I realized a while ago I know drinking doesn't do anything for me, I don't drink to have fun or "loosen up" it's willing self destruction and an attempt to loose time.
I opened up about the severity of it to my close friends and family, I'm moving back in with my step dad and made plans to see a therapist.
Time will tell and I want so badly to get over these issues. And hope to also lend an ear to anybody here who needs it.
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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...
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results this time. That is what alcoholics do, even though there is often a genuine desire for change. The problem is that there is something working in the background that we are not aware of and until it is dealt with, it will eventually drive the alcoholic back to drinking.
This mysterious ‘thing’ has several names and the words often cause confusion. A good word for it is ‘obsession’. An alcoholic is a person who has become obsessed with drinking. An obsession can be described as ‘an idea that overcomes and overshadows all other ideas’. You are now in the clear physically and you are determined to stay sober. Your willpower is strong at this stage as the recent bad episode is fresh in the memory. However, as the days and weeks pass, the bad memories will fade and your mind will start to try and convince you that it wasn’t really that bad after all. Maybe you are having a rough day or it could be celebrating good news and you will think that a couple of glasses would do no harm. Once an alcoholic takes the first drink, a craving develops for more and then, all bets are off.
If your goal is long term sobriety, you will need to find some means of removing that obsession that leads to the first drink. Your family and friends can offer support but it is unlikely that they will be of much practical help as they probably do not understand alcoholism. A therapist may be a step in the right direction, providing that he or she deals with alcoholism. Have you considered going to AA meetings?
I have posted a link to a video in another thread and I would strongly suggest watching it.
Time for a different approach?
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