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.
Well I'm not upset with myself, but I did have about 3/4 bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonade. I didn't finish it all, even though it was so tasty and refreshing. It's definitely not enough to even make me feel the slightest but of anything. I just wanted to drink it and not want another one and I did just that. I had part of the bottle, dumped the rest and that's all I had today. The rest was water or Powerade.
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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...
Chapter 11 – A Vision for You
Pages 151- 153
Now and then a serious drinker, being dry at the moment says, “I don’t miss it at all. Feel better. Work better. Having a better time.” As ex-problem drinkers, we smile at such a sally. We know our friend is like a boy whistling in the dark to keep up his spirits. He fools himself. Inwardly he would give anything to take half a dozen drinks and get away with them. He will presently try the old game again, for he isn't happy about his sobriety. He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end.
We have shown how we got out from under. You say, "Yes, I'm willing. But am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some righteous people I see? I know I must get along without liquor, but how can I? Have you a sufficient substitute?"
Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. There you will find release from care, boredom and worry. Your imagination will be fired. Life will mean something at last. The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead. Thus we find the fellowship, and so will you.
"How is that to come about?" you ask. "Where am I to find these people?"
You are going to meet these new friends in your own community. Near you, alcoholics are dying helplessly like people in a sinking ship. If you live in a large place, there are hundreds. High and low, rich and poor, these are future fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous. Among them you will make lifelong friends. You will be bound to them with new and wonderful ties, for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey. Then you will know what it means to give of yourself that others may survive and rediscover life. You will learn the full meaning of “Love thy neighbour as thyself.”
I discovered I didn't have to follow the crowd. I discovered I could have alot more fun without relying on others for my happiness! I found that happiness within, and the 12 steps of AA pointed me in the right direction.
God Bless
I really don't know what I'm looking for. Just a balance I suppose.
If you are in a battle with alcoholism, it is a fight that you cannot win. Neither can you hold your ground as alcoholism is a progressive condition and will keep taking more and more from you until there is no more left to take. However, it does not have to be a battle. The reality is that an alcoholic cannot drink safely and whether one likes it or not, nothing is going to change that reality.
An alcoholic has two simple choices and there are no in between grey areas. The first choice is to keep battling and the logical conclusion of this journey is death or insanity. However, the outcome is not instant and there is a great deal of suffering and misery, not just for the alcoholic but also for those who are nearest and dearest before it all comes to a sad end.
The second option is to accept reality and to set out on a journey to recovery. This often requires outside help.
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