my neighbors happily let me know.....

Hi, Bob
Ya I fell but mostly on asphalt or gravel roads lol !! Or the drunk tank!! So yes those metal chairs and smoked filled rooms at meetings much easy to fall into ,than picking gravel otta my elbows The next day. Or finding someone to bail me out for the ninth time that year:)
Billy

I knew I was an alcoholic when I could relate to the show "Cops".

lol keleee. i was terrified of being on that show. i'd be the belligerant one who kicks out the windows and pees on the seat. i was never a compliant, sweet drunk.

Wish I could count how many times I fell up stairs.

hahaha keleee i was just watching that show and this guy was wasted!!! All I could think was damn im glad I quit drinking!! i totally agree with you lol!

Sunshine...I am so glad I quit too. I'm getting to old for that drama. I still can't believe I acted like that. I'm still embarrased...

It'smylife, Wow, you were a rowdy one! I know a woman in AA that was like you except she slipped off her cuffs and pissed on top of the cruiser! She has been sober for awhile and it's part of her story.

Happy, I used to fall upstairs as well as down but falling up hurt a lot less. :)-

hahahaha!!!!! thts so funny. never fell up stairs. but a 4 yr old pushed me and i fell and cracked my head on the door...


am a active drinker not sure if i have a prob.

one of the sureest signs of alcoholism is seriously wondering if you are alcoholic. Not something social drinkers spend a lot of time wondering about.

I don't need Depends anymore to wake up dry in the morning...

When I thought I might have a problem, I went into this coda chat room and I spoke to a guy who told me to get help immediately before I end up dead and so I asked him who he was and he told me his name and that he was an emergency room physician so I asked him if it were true that 10 percent of all doctors were alcoholics and he said "no". "The actual number is 50 percent and the other 50 percent are lying about it"!

This makes me afraid to go to the doctor's now but I can see why he said that . There is alot of stress on those people.

There are two doctor's in my AA home group. These are the ones I know of. LOL!

What is "a drunk"?

This must be a funny. I am trying to quit smoking again today. I really ought to stay away from DS when I do this.

Only difference between me and my drunk non-alkie friends is they decided one day to stop while I could not. We all fell a LOT onto floors and streets, into curbs, chairs, beds, walls, up stairs, over balconies, off roofs, into pools, out of cars... alkie or not.

Is "a drink" just someone who GETS drunk even if not an alcoholic?

Nah, you're not a drunk when you fall down and can't get up. You're a drunk when you fall down but can't remember.

Ive had my fair share of both..

Most alcoholics would rather die then learn about themselves. In fact they do...

Now I spend only a small amount of energy each day thinking of myself. A drunk spends all day thinking of the next drink, where and how to get it. A drunk will say "I'm not much but I'm all I think about!"

When I was a drunk I was lost in the 4 C's- Compare, Criticize, Compete and Condemn. I was totally critical of others. Thank you God for Removing the 4 C's and keep me from being a critical person.

-A critic is a person who goes down into the battlefield after the battle has been fought and shoots the survivors!

Thank You God for all that you have given me, for all that you have taken away from me and for all you have left me with. May I use it wisely.

Today is my day off and I Think I'll do something good for my sobriety like go to a meeting and play with my puppies and get started on making a wreath for my door. These are things I would have hated doing when I was a drunk but now it's the simple things that make me the happiest.