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.
When I first put down the grog I did not understand what this meant, it was not till I started to look at my drinking that I began to understand what this meant for me.
For me being powerless relates to how I can not win the battle in my mind whether to drink or not to drink once the obsession had set in. No matter how much I wanted to not drink I was powerless to win that arguement, I always ended up drinking.
The unmanageable for me relates to not being able to go to a party and have one or two then stop. Once I had one I had to drink as much as I could again I was powerless to stop. This meant I either drank everything or nothing, I was not managing my life, drink was dictating to me how I managed my life. Therefore, I was not manageing my life therefore at the time my life was unamanaged.
Just some thoughts on my experience, G8
For me being powerless relates to how I can not win the battle in my mind whether to drink or not to drink once the obsession had set in. No matter how much I wanted to not drink I was powerless to win that arguement, I always ended up drinking.
The unmanageable for me relates to not being able to go to a party and have one or two then stop. Once I had one I had to drink as much as I could again I was powerless to stop. This meant I either drank everything or nothing, I was not managing my life, drink was dictating to me how I managed my life. Therefore, I was not manageing my life therefore at the time my life was unamanaged.
Just some thoughts on my experience, G8
Finally, it dawned on me that if there was a higher power, it wasn't me. I was powerless and unmanageable over many things in my life. I began to pray, not to a diety (sp), but to that which was not me. I had to let go of all that was beyond my ability to control. I discovered that I only have power over my reactions. I completely gave up worrying about what others thought of me. I found a new freedom.
That was my paradox.