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step one again........

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step one....i am powerless over alcohol, my life has become unmanageable. I went out this weekend and have started over again. I don't feel guilty or ashamed, it is just that, i don't feel. i wish i had friends to visit but when i do, i feel out of place. I felt down, so thought i would have a few to get rid of this feeling, but could not stop at one. I sort of remember everything, but i don't remember what i really said. This alcoholism sucks, i overeat when i don't drink and want to spend money that i should save. Yea, addiction that moves around.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to work step one, i would greatly appreciate it. I feel like moving on......running away...but i am afraid to. I do know that i will drink if i move to the bigger city...i have friends there that do. wah, i am powerless over alcohol and my life is some what of a mess. I need to call someone....please write... i need your in-put....
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Hi cEEs,
I understand what you are feeling. I knew a long time ago I was powerless over alcohol. I figured if I just left it in the bottle,I had control over it.As long as i kept booze around me, that bottle eventually won the battle.
It was when I realised the Alcohol had CONTROL of me did I wake up and say WHOA. I am a rebeler at heart, and don't take kindly to anything having control over me without my permission. When I realised this was the fact, I had to come to a point of surrender to my higher power. Before, I would 'comply' with sobriety, until I could not resist the compulsion of the bottle. Now I find in surrendering to my higher power, my God- as I understand him- removes the desire and obsession. I simply made it his problem to deal with and trust that he will not fail me. So far, so good.
If you want sobriety bad enough, you will find your way. Keep trying, keep searching, keep going to meetings. One day you will hear or read something that clocks for you. God Bless
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Step one in my exp is drinking to the point i am conviced to my inner most self that i am a real alcoholic. Plain and simple. Have I lost the power of choice when I will drink and while drinking I have lost the power of choice on how much I drink. Thats as simple as it can be. If you have lost the power of choice for both than the BB says that you probably are a real alcoholic. If thats the case you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual solution will solve. That was where I was at In 2001 and the place I turned to help and got what I needed to recover from this Illness. Maybe AA will work for you too. If I can do it anyone can if there willing to go to any lengths.
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Hi cEEs Alcoholism is cunning,baffling and powerful.In the beginningI have had to fully conceed to my inner mostself that I was an alcoholic. Go to meetings, listen to the people with time in. If you hang around slippery places and people eventually you will slip. You have to let everyone go that you drank with. Get numbers from people in the program. Come to the winning side. Find a temporary Sponcer. Do 90 meetings in 90 days. Any ways I have 12 yrs. in and if you need to talk send me a message. Susan
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