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.
Hi there.
Here's an essay I wrote for Queer Mental Health about how and why I left AA and how I've stayed sober since. Hope you find it interesting:
http://queermentalhealth.org/narrative/my-experience-with-leaving-aa-and-successfully-staying-sober/
Are all of you in AA or have some of you found that's not the right path? What works for you?
For me, after detox, outpatient rehab, AA and dual diagnosis outpatient, I'm finding cannabis harm reduction, willpower and spirituality to be my most effective weapons against alcoholism. I have 1.73 years and feel very strong in my sobriety. Recovery is possible. There are may paths to it.
Here's an essay I wrote for Queer Mental Health about how and why I left AA and how I've stayed sober since. Hope you find it interesting:
http://queermentalhealth.org/narrative/my-experience-with-leaving-aa-and-successfully-staying-sober/
Are all of you in AA or have some of you found that's not the right path? What works for you?
For me, after detox, outpatient rehab, AA and dual diagnosis outpatient, I'm finding cannabis harm reduction, willpower and spirituality to be my most effective weapons against alcoholism. I have 1.73 years and feel very strong in my sobriety. Recovery is possible. There are may paths to it.
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check out that smoke ring. It tasted really good. I smothered it with Maulls BBQ sauce which is Local to St. Louis and one of the best I ever had.....
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I was recently separated from my wife of 33 years and it's complicated. Anyway I rented a room about 15 minutes away and I see my kids about once a week. I see the people who own the house I live in once in a while but other than that I stay in my room where I do my cooking, wash dishes in the shower, read, color, and sleep. I get out at least once a day. I grocery shop and I attend 2 meetings...
There was a time in my life when I nearly died. I was deathly ill physically and mentally, I felt like I had nothing to live for.
AA and the 12 steps saved my life and brought me a happiness, I never thought possible. It worked because I took the suggestions of those before me who guided me through the steps. I wanted what they had and I worked for it! It didn't just come to me.
This was 7, almost 8 years ago. I don't go to meetings every day and not always every week. I don't treat AA like a ritual but I live my life by the 12 steps and I feel I have the right foundation to get me through all of life's many difficulties.
I hope and pray that everyone reading this can find the best source of help for dealing with such a powerful disease. I have found mine!
God Bless!
#1 - Finally admitting that I was powerless over alcohol and that it had made my life unmanageable. The unmanageable part to me was the real turning point. It's one thing to be have a feeling that you are powerless over it when it still has not made your life unmanageable (at least in my own warped mind).
#2 - Finding a solid AA group that meets every day at 7 AM. I have gone to other meetings just to meet other people, but this 7 AM meeting has become a great starting point for my day.
If Andrea feels she is not powerless over marijuana and just as important, it has truly not made her life unmanageable, then who am I to judge her? I don't necessarily agree with using MJ as a substitute for alcohol, but if someone is really finding their true, real self, not harming others, being able to give their job and their family and friends 100% of their best self, then I will reserve any further judgment on this. I know Andrea's heart is in the right place while I can still believe that mj is a real slippery slope.