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.
I had no clue it would feel this good to not drink. In fact I honestly scoffed at the poor sob's who never drank thinking either they have no idea what kind of relief drinking brings to someone who listens to others problems all day for a living or must be wired so shit don't get to them. I'd plan every activity around my wine. Ok so I can go to the fair, take my granddaughter and her friend, stay a few hours then take up my friends offer to bring the kids home. Woohoo now I can grab my wine, hit the back roads to avoid the cops and end up puking on my steering wheel. Minor inconvenience as I had some wipe it's. And the best part was I had more wine!
So seven days without a drink. First two were a bitch. Each has gotten easier. I'm as I said in a euphoria. Today I will finish everything and Pam's home will be back to looking like Pam's home. See my house was dying of alcoholism as well. It was dingy, mucky, sick and tired. There was grime and cobwebs throughout. It's now in recovery as well.
Tomorrow I will wear make up and look up aa meetings I can attend over lunch or after work.
How do I tell my friends? Of course they know. Even the heavy drinkers in my circle have stopped inviting me to things due to my behavior at functions. I'm ashamed to admit it verbally though. Do I sit them all down and say "the thing is I'm an alcoholic" or do I even need to? Maybe too much thinking in my brain today. How about I just stay sober today......that's my goal:) thank you all! Sober on a Monday in Montana.
So seven days without a drink. First two were a bitch. Each has gotten easier. I'm as I said in a euphoria. Today I will finish everything and Pam's home will be back to looking like Pam's home. See my house was dying of alcoholism as well. It was dingy, mucky, sick and tired. There was grime and cobwebs throughout. It's now in recovery as well.
Tomorrow I will wear make up and look up aa meetings I can attend over lunch or after work.
How do I tell my friends? Of course they know. Even the heavy drinkers in my circle have stopped inviting me to things due to my behavior at functions. I'm ashamed to admit it verbally though. Do I sit them all down and say "the thing is I'm an alcoholic" or do I even need to? Maybe too much thinking in my brain today. How about I just stay sober today......that's my goal:) thank you all! Sober on a Monday in Montana.
I think it's great that you are seeing the positives of staying sober. A huge congratulations on one week. May you have many, many more:)))
Please don't get angry AA folks, I just want people to know there is a choice.
In public settings, friends and family are learning that I don't drink any longer and accepting it without my having to use the "A" word. It's not necessary and even inappropriate to wear the badge of an alcoholic publicly for self-promotion, etc. It's not the intent of AA.
However, if I had a friend or acquaintance who was struggling with alcohol, I would make an attempt to share my story with them privately in the hopes they would seek recovery. I might then admit that I was an alcoholic, which I am. According to the Merriam-Webster definition below, can any us here say we aren't?
"a medical condition in which someone frequently drinks too much alcohol and becomes unable to live a normal and healthy life"
Just my dos centavos...
Peace!
"Fixin' to Kill Us!" as they would say here in Texas. ;-)
I think AA is a great idea, so is any other group, or no group. Whatever works for you is what is most important. I know for me it changes. One day I need an AA meeting, or two, another day I need exercise, another day I need alone time, etc.........I don't hold to a strict routine since it would be easier to break the routine then punish myself for it, like wanting to drink.
As far as labeling, only a few times when I ordered my fizzy water was I asked about it. I would say "I have drank enough". Or "a drink used to be my friend but not anymore, and you don't want to see what happens when I drink". Only one time did someone say " oh, you are an alcoholic" which was like getting a face slap, and I said "yes I am". Friends close to me and family know I go to AA, so really there is no need to point out the obvious. And it really is no one else's business why I don't drink, most people get it.
But that's just me......Great Going!!! Keep doing whatever it is that is working! :)
I truly believed that the only way that I could be happy in life was to be drunk. This was a twisted mindset. I really looked down on other people who didn't drink and pitied them that they were not able to get happy like I was, only to later envy them for staying sober and feeling good every day. The truth of the matter was that I was miserable for 99% of the time, and it was a rare moment when I could find the right level of toxicity where I could even claim to be happy in my drunken stupor.