Why isn't the time now? What are you waiting for?

YOU choose when the time is right. Not your situation. Not other people. Not the amount you drink. Not your thoughts about it. YOU decide.

Why are you holding back from what you know you want?

It's a big step and one that needs to be recognized but look at the hundreds of folks here, and that's on this site alone.. There are millions suffering with this addiction and many that haven't taken that step yet. I don't know your situation. I just know for me I finally hit a wall and said what the f$&;-/' am I doing to myself... I also realized there would never be a right time when it came to the next event or outing or holiday. The only time for me was then, because I was better than the drink I chose to consume, and I wanted to be that better me! I hope you'll join us and find something that works for you too! We'd love some more company! :) Hugs, Thirsty4Life

you waiting for a DUI or a death from drunk driving? I guess I am just projecting my own issue there I dunno if you drive drinking or drunk but I sure did....stop this insanity now...sober up! Stay sober and your life will change from dismal that is now to even better sooner than you know it....I am just saying!

Hello newlife4mee,

Thanks to you too and please know that your post has helped me today.

Only you can decide that it is time to get on the sobriety journey but dont leave it too late. There are several people who are in my thoughts this Christmas because they are gone from us forever. They were good people who tried to get sober but they could not do it and alcoholism took them away long before their time.

When drinking gets out of control it is a bit like being on a train that you know is going to crash at the end of the line. However, there are many stops along the way and you can get off before disaster strikes. When I realized that I had to stop drinking I could have listed dozens of things that happened to alcoholics but that had never happened to me. Despite all of that, I knew that I had to stop. However, I would always promise to get sober tomorrow or next week, never today. Then it slowly dawned on me that those bad things that had happened to other people but never to me were appearing on the horizon the YETS were about to hit me in the face.

I decided to get off before the train-wreck but I needed help in order to do it. Are you going right to the end of the line or is it time to get off now? That one day that you refer to may never come, like it didnt come for those departed friends I mentioned above so how about taking action today? Abraham Lincoln said: The best thing about the future is that it only comes, one day at a time.
Has your day arrived?

Hey newlife. Thanks for the nice post, but I hope you read reply one again. I went back to when you posted earlier and mentioned you were going to AA meetings which weren't helping and that you didn't want to go to rehab because of small children. My heart sank heavy for your children there.

My daughter was 3 when I went away to rehab for 3 months. Yes it was hard but without taking care of myself, there would have been no Mother there for her. I had to take care of myself SO I could be a safe presence in her life. 3 months was nothing compared to the time that followed in her life. Such a short term sacrifice to build foundations for long term gain.

Newlife, going to meetings opened a door for me, but it was the work I did outside the rooms that made the real difference. Change was needed. New habits and routines and a while different attitude to where I was headed in a day. I learned so much from people who had travelled a similar path. I did the 12 steps, meditated which previously I would have thought ridiculous, I got up each morning and I walked each day. I changed so much in my life and over time with practice developed new habits and routines.

Don't believe for one moment you can't have that change in your life. Don't be an obstacle in your life. Become committed to take action in your life and make change happen. Your time is here today, if you want it. God bless (Speaking of God, that can make a difference too).
Stick around and have a safe New Year.