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.
The very idea of eating or drinking something that is sure to make me throw up is a sure guarantee I will not be doing that.
I don't care how much pain I am in, vicodin or even strong motrin makes me ill and I just can't do it. I look at it with disgust and ugh...I'd rather go thru the pain. This is true.
So why or why can I overlook this horrible pain of withdrawal after weeks and months of sobriety and test myself over and over.
I don't understand how this horrible barf and sweat and shake button does not shut off when it comes to alcohol.
Even while the "committee" is telling me to back off and pray, I will change lanes and ask for forgiveness and buy a certain amount that will control my madness and hope that I will play the game smart enough that I won't go into withdrawal. If I eat enough before, during and after- I am somewhat successful except for the very fact I failed and I know it. Why would I want to do something that makes me sick. Doesn't make sense.
I don't care how much pain I am in, vicodin or even strong motrin makes me ill and I just can't do it. I look at it with disgust and ugh...I'd rather go thru the pain. This is true.
So why or why can I overlook this horrible pain of withdrawal after weeks and months of sobriety and test myself over and over.
I don't understand how this horrible barf and sweat and shake button does not shut off when it comes to alcohol.
Even while the "committee" is telling me to back off and pray, I will change lanes and ask for forgiveness and buy a certain amount that will control my madness and hope that I will play the game smart enough that I won't go into withdrawal. If I eat enough before, during and after- I am somewhat successful except for the very fact I failed and I know it. Why would I want to do something that makes me sick. Doesn't make sense.
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Can you identify these rom-coms from just a screenshot from the middle of the films? This is a multiple choice quiz so even if you're not entirely sure you can always take a guess and at least have a 25% chance of getting it right anyway, so why not have a go?! https://www.buzzfeed.com/alysaurus688/rom-com-screenshot-trivia-quiz
You need the other side of the equation... "I don't drink because life is better without it," or "I don't drink because I I am able to take part in so many fun activities now," or "I don't drink because -- well why the hell would I?"
I think it is inevitable that for someone to give up drinking permanently they have to have a belief that life is GOOD without it. If long-term consequences deterred people there would be no such thing as people dying as a result of drinking, DUIs, lost jobs, failed marriages. Most of us know those things are possible with a life-style of alcoholism but the short-term "feel good" is too strong to override those potential consequences.
Same as you getting sick from it. The memory of how shitty you feel wears off after awhile and it appears worth it to you to try again. Why not eliminate the option from your mind and get on to finding a happy life without it?
HUGS
I liked the effect produced by alcohol. But it was just a ruse. It was making me digest myself. I had to find another way to deal with life because booze was just a temporary fix.
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The alcohol stopped working for me. I remember shortly before that, I was standing in my living room and actually asked myself a rational question. "Why do I keep drinking when I have a family who stilled loved me...a good life in other words".
I asked my husband to take me to the treatment center not too long after that. Getting sober was easy. Staying sober would require a bunch of people like me who had found the solution to their alcoholism. I was desperate to stay sober. I guess that gave me the willingness to follow directions. Over 23 yrs later, I'm still sober and have a life worth living.
It's been so long I don't remember. Did you ever try AA?
I wish you well, whatever you decide to do. Hugs, Dianna