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.

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WhooHoo 07/03/2008

To me is worse than just to give it to me in my face.
And cliques that form in here is just fuel to the fire.
I have tried to be supportive here. I certainly hope I have offered some sort of good advice and encouragement.
If I have offended anybody I am sorry.
But if I have.....goddammit tell me.
Not a very good way to start my sobriety feeling this way but I do and I will carry on with or without you.
Thanks a lot.
Kate

deleted_user 07/05/2008

I agree Want2bsober.

I think DS is fun but it's not real life.

deleted_user 07/05/2008

wowanother dose of reality for alcoholics.Amazing how we can have a mouth that nver quits when drinking.So much gets said when drinking,not all is good look how many fights start because we do now remember what we said.Now we are sober here and can actually think with a clear mind.Before it was who gives a shit,but now it does matter.No matter which road you chose to take your journey,you are gonna meet someone you do not like.But on this journey here we are all at the same starting point no matter who we are.Yes there are many different options for us to chose how we recover,let us remember that is why we are here.We all have a way of handling our recovery just like everything else in lifethat we do.Yes we speak about how these options and how they help us.What helps one may not help another so be it, if ya do not like what someone else is doing then you are not working on yourself but worrying about others.Remember the key word here for us all:RECOVERY Just do it your way that is what is priorty here,not thinking you have a better way.No matter which definition you use to do it,the word recovery is the foundation that we are building on.We should be pillars for each other not cannons of destruction to each other.Blessings to all I feel blessed by what is shared here,it has help me attck my alcoholism from many directions.Nice concept for me.Kinda like sports can't use the same play all the time,you will lose eventually.

deleted_user 07/06/2008

I have no idea what upset you, but I am sorry. I opened your thread b/c the title "passive cruelty" intrigues me. I feel like that is the way my husband treats me and my disease. Its very painful. If you were made to feel that way here, that is awful and I hope you can work it out. Maybe there was just a misunderstanding?? I have found the members here to be supportive and kind and I look forward to catching up with people. That is what the site is for - certainly not as an arena for cruelty.

deleted_user 07/06/2008

I have been with DS for a bit now. I got sober a little over a yr now and DS was kind of like a life line for me during that time.
Getting sober was scarry for me and to hear how others got thru it helped.
I dont use DS as a life line anymore but I do drop in from time to time to catch up on those I had met form the past.
And if there was anyone who was trying to make me feel unwanted , well I never got their message cuz I keep coming back. Its a great place and you keep coming back too!

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