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.
Okay, so I have been off and on here so much I have lost track....I know I am an alcoholic and im again looking into getting help....but my thinking is all messed up and I dont know why I let myself still after everything I have been through have doubts I am an alcoholic....
Please, was anyone else like this...there were times when I could have a few beers, there were times when I had zero control too though....BUT there were times, even recently when I would sit down to drink with my boyfriend and I could stop myself....it was not fun or what I wanted to do but I did...My head keeps telling me alcoholics have no control and ALWAYS get wasted once they start....BUT I do also know that at times at times I was completely out of control with my drinking...
I am not trying to say I dont have a problem drinking, just wondering if any other alcoholic does this and at times was able to stop drinking once they started...
I am trying to fight my brain that is telling me maybe I am not an alcoholic!!!
Please, was anyone else like this...there were times when I could have a few beers, there were times when I had zero control too though....BUT there were times, even recently when I would sit down to drink with my boyfriend and I could stop myself....it was not fun or what I wanted to do but I did...My head keeps telling me alcoholics have no control and ALWAYS get wasted once they start....BUT I do also know that at times at times I was completely out of control with my drinking...
I am not trying to say I dont have a problem drinking, just wondering if any other alcoholic does this and at times was able to stop drinking once they started...
I am trying to fight my brain that is telling me maybe I am not an alcoholic!!!
Maybe the question Ashley is do you have a desire to stop drinking, because that's all you need .
What I have to keep drilling into my head is that alcoholism at this point for me is the inability to CONSISTANTLY control how much I drink... to go into a night saying no more than 2 and never wind up having 4-5...
For me, if I got to the point where I could NEVER control it, I think I'd be in a much worse place than I am...having caused more pain & shame for me and my family -- and in a more difficult place to take control back from this devil... gotta get him down before he's get me in a stranglehold!
It's pretty simple. After you've dumped alcohol (and other drugs) into your brain, it can not operate properly or efficiently. The only hope you have to recover is to quit drenching your brain in alcohol. In this case, the horse MUST come before the cart! The horse is the "quit drinking."
Don't try to "analyze" your way out of this. Just quit drinking and get help (not necessarily in that order). YOU MUST quit drinking.
Wayne-