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've never really believed I had a problem with alcohol, or at least I would never admit it. Last night was the first time I got hammered in a long time. Since November '13 I pretty much stayed sober--3 months straight, but then in February I finally relapsed. Over the last two months I've drank, but always watched how much I drank. Last night was a different story. I had way too much to drink, I messaged a girl that I hadn't talked to in a couple of years because the last few times I did, I acted like a complete ass. She told me she doesn't hold it against me and was glad I contacted her. I ended drinking with a few people and for the life of me, cannot remember the last 4 hours of the night. I thought I had fought with someone and just generally felt humiliated. I talked to them this morning and assured me I didn't do anything bad, but I still have my doubts. I really want to give up drinking for good because I just feel ashamed of myself. I just want to curl up and disappear from existence. I was a heavy drinker for about 4 years and was finally headed in the right direction. I can't stand the thought that I will never escape this disease and I alienated so many people because of my alcohol abuse to the point where I don't have anybody to talk to. I'm at an end here, I don't want to fall again.
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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...
Howdy and welcome. And yes, blackout drinking is not a good thing. So what is your plan to insure you don't do it again?
Hugs,
Dennis
God Bless!
Well, that's the thing, I don't think I have a plan. I just want to stop and I guess my only hope is my own self restraint.
I used to drink to blackout a lot. I couldn't reliably control how much I drank once I started drinking. I would set limits and sometimes hit them but often go way way past them for no apparent reason. Whether I could stick to limits or not did not seem to be within my control.
I sort of knew that the only solution was not to drink at all but I couldn't seem to manage that either. I would always find myself back drinking again whatever my good intentions had been.
I truly thought I was hopeless and I had no choice but to live drunk and die drunk. I didn't want to drink anymore but I didn't know how to stop.
I went against every natural instinct I had for not reaching out to other people and I asked for help. I found out that there were lots of people who had once seemed as hopeless as me but had found ways to stop drinking, stay sober and live happily and freely. I followed the suggestions of the people I met and I found my freedom from alcohol too.
So there is hope. Sobriety is possible for you too.
You can try therapy, talking to others in the addiction recovery field, aa, etc
No plan usually = the ism winning.
She knew there was a link between staying sober and diet. She wrote a book about her success with repeat DUI offenders. The study that she did showed a 92% success rate so I took action, joined her free online group and I was able to stop drinking. I found her online after I read a book called Potatoes not Prozac. I was very depressed at the time and found out that my depression and alcoholism were linked.
That is how I finally picked myself up. I really got a hand up from that program and the kind volunteers who help run it. Do your own research to figure out where you will get the most help. I am sure glad that I did. There is hope and as somebody said on here reaching out and asking for help is key.
Laura
God Bless You!
Self restraint can work, but if you feel you need more support this site can be very helpful. AA is the most common and prevalent alcohol support group, but there are others that fill that void too. SOS and SMART amongst others if you care to google. Those meetings are fewer and farther between but there are online meetings. Talking to a counselor can help. An all of the above approach can be very effective to find the path that individually works the best. The important thing is to create an alcohol free safe zone in one's life, especially at the beginning where you can be around people and enjoy life...
That is the hardest step I believe.