
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.

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my names dave, from IN, chicago area.... i just joined but i have drinking problems... not a daily drinker but binge sometimes and i ruined a seven year relationship with a beautiful woman who i want to marry....
my life sucks, and she is dating another guy... i think she wants to be with me in the future but this shit is hard... we just hung out and i totally exploded when he called .... i wish he was fucking dead and i told her that... i told her i hate her friend who introduced them, and i hope she gets cancer. and some more bad shit ... not AT her but... obviously our friendship took a step back... and im depressed and angry, again.
blah blah
so its harder not to drink and use drugs but its been 144 days since binging. im using Moderation management which is good. but i like to drink and get high
my life sucks, and she is dating another guy... i think she wants to be with me in the future but this shit is hard... we just hung out and i totally exploded when he called .... i wish he was fucking dead and i told her that... i told her i hate her friend who introduced them, and i hope she gets cancer. and some more bad shit ... not AT her but... obviously our friendship took a step back... and im depressed and angry, again.
blah blah
so its harder not to drink and use drugs but its been 144 days since binging. im using Moderation management which is good. but i like to drink and get high
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Throw yourself into the 12 steps! Step 4 can relieve you of ALL of these resentments you talked about here!
You better want your sobriety bad enough or this is going to get you!
It doesn't have to be hard! For 10 years I was free from this kind of stuff and now I am free again.
You better want your sobriety, more than you want revenge!!
I'm glad you didn't binge in 144 days, good luck whatever you decide to do.
why did u post your "poor me " story here at all?
My understanding is that this site is for people that are having a problem with booze and want to quit drinking...Maybe I am wrong...
If on the other hand you want some information about binge drinking...maybe consider this point of view ..
I take a drink and it activates a physical craving that takes over my body.. I want more to satisfy that initial craving, so i drink more and then the craving is getting worse and so on and so on...
when i finally crash/passout/ whatever...i "come to" with a bewilderment of whta the hell happened.. I only wanted a couple of drinks.. Then this mental obsession kicks in and i am thinking another drink will not hurt... but i don't want to get loaded drunk again...i wait and wait and wait... the anger,fears, anxiety,depression are all building...and building....and i KNOW a drink a will stop all that, just for a short time anyway....so I drink(binge) and start the whole cycle all over again...
Does this sound familiar ?
if so,, you might be like me.
A type 5 alcoholic.
Good luck with all your stuff and i sure hope we don't get to meet in some prison or mental institution soon.
God bless
botbotcoco
www.londonppbbs.com
Ego deflating like hell when you wake up to the reality that the woman doesn't love you. Man, I can remember that pain. Of course that was 30 years ago, but I remember.
Keep coming back! And don't drink no matter what.
PS...Don't blame anyone but your "self". You have stuffed the truth for a long time.
Guru
IM CERTAINLY NOT A TYPE 5 LIKE YOU BUT PROBLEM DRINKER... BLACKOUTS ETC.... AND I DO WANT TO STOP... JUST GOING THRU SOME TOUGH STUFF RIGHT NOW & FIRST THINGS FIRST... HAVE STOPPED DRINKING TO EXCESS AND USING DRUGS ... 144 DAYS...
THAT IS WILD ABOUT MM. SO FAR I HAVE HAD MUCH BETTER SELF CONTROL AFTER STOPPING WITH THE DOPE... JUST A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE OR TWO ONCE A WEEK. IM MORE THE STYLE OF.. AFTER IVE HAD EIGHT, TEN DRINKS I CAN EASILY SLIP INTO LOST WEEKENDS. ITS A SLIPPERY SLOPE THOUGH I KNOW... THATS QUITE AN EYE OPENER
THANKS FOR INFO...HAVE BEEN LOOKING MORE SERIOUSLY AT 12 STEP... MEETINGS BEFORE HAVE MADE ME WANT TO DRINK.
THANKS GURU... FYI ACTUALLY WE LOVE EACH OTHER A LOT, ITS JUST A FUCKED UP SITUATION.... ITD BE EASIER IF SHE DIDNT LOVE ME OR VICE VERSA
THANKS PEACE
DB
As a result of this man's behaviour, I'm homeless and he has no-one that cares what happens to him anymore.
I hope you stay sober and consider some anger management. I went, it helped stop me from "exploding".
I'm scared of you just reading your post, please look into some help.
Guru
actually, FYI, we have known each other since we were 14. almost a quarter century, seven of which we lived together. we're in weekly counseling, although we have no kids. sound like two people who dont give a shit? sorry you got dumped back in the day but thats not the case here... we'll probably eventually get married and i'll come back on and send you some pics.
"PS...Don't blame anyone but your "self". You have stuffed the truth for a long time. "
now THAT i agree with.
and overworked i think youre right on track... actually i CAN leave a drink but my shit comes out in other ways....
"try some meetings i think it is great you havent drank in 144 days but without a program it isnt called sobriety it is called a dry drunk and that is where the anger comes from"
this is interesting... i have anger from all over, but there may be some coming from that too... but ill lookinto it....
ive been to about 5 meetings.... i know this is going to piss you guys off... but i dont like the powerless thing. i believe that every person CHOOSES to do things and i feel like i have some power over WHAT I CHOOSe... of course i acknowledge a higher power which HELPS me choose the right thing... GOD and I have a deal and that, so far, is my program. i believe you're letting people off the hook with that sometimes.... the guy sitting next to me who just drank a fifth of whisky CHOSE to go buy it and drink it. period.
but i'll give it another look, thank you.
AS AN OUTSIDER, one thing i can tell you about AA is that for people outside the program it can seem very uptight and judgemental, and i believe its arrogant to say that there is ONLY ONE way to do things. Bullshit. I have a friend whos been clean & sober 25 years and another who pulled himself together out of rehab, and i dont believe he has been a dry drunk for 10 years.... neither one did it through AA, just through hardcore work and counseling and support. IM NOTpowerless, with God helping me i have all kinds of power, the real kind.
but i like what you said and ill go back and check a couple out. thanks.
Powerless over that first drink that hits our lips...after that first drink, I am powerless. I can no longer make a CHOICE. I have lost the CHOICE. If I don't pick up that first drink, I have made a choice.
If you were not powerless over alcohol, why have a counter running for your days sober? Know what I mean?
1) We admitted we were powerless over alcholol- that our lives had become unmanageable.
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Sure I was fine with just a 6 or 8, but I was powerless to put it down when I was there where non-alcoholics could put it down. Therefore, I drink, I get drunk, I fall down, I hurt people, I miss work, I drive drunk for more booze because the power to say NO MORE has left me, I lie, I cheat, I have stole, I yell, I cry, I have hit, etc... And a lot of that can happen in ONE DRUNK. So yeah, I the second part of the 1st step...my life has become unmanageable.
I AM POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL, but there is a solution!