I suggest returning to AA. I've seen countless people come here with the inability to stop drinking and say AA is not for them.

Anyways if not, there are several other methods that have worked for people here. Allen Carr's method and Smart recovery.

I am not sure whether you have medical insurance but NAD therapy can sometimes help where other things have failed.

I basically Really liked what alcohol did for me. It took away all the worries and problems and made life seem great. The problem was that booze became THE way I coped with life. Bad day. Drink. Great day. Drink.

Alcohol is a drug and I was hooked. It worked for me for a long time. Then it was like a Python and it started to squeeze me literally to death. I started drinking too much about the first time there was a high school party. There was a bottle of whisky and I had the great idea to mix it with Gaterade. Mmmmhmmmm I wet my friends bed that night , but I had found the social lubricant that let me talk to the older girls and I wanted more.

I have two things. When I drink one , I crave MORE. I drink till its gone then I go get more. And when I was not drinking I was thinking When the next drink was going to be. This obsession was so bad that I began drinking daily very early. I would sit in my room in high school and drink a six pack.

Well it took 25 years of getting arrested, fired, and almost dying several times and on June 9, 2012 I had had enough. I too didn't think I needed help. I could do it alone. Well that was the thinking that had me hooked on booze. Self reliance was killing me. I went to an aa meeting and found friends, hope, and ways to cope without alcohol. I found sobriety. You can too if you just take some action and do it.

Life is better, I had been able to quit for a week or even once two years. But I always went back. Booze was so appealing because it worked to remove Me from myself.

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Hello spacegrey1,

You are very welcome to the DS forum.

It is good that you are coming to see and accept that you are dealing with a serious problem. The solution to that problem is extremely simple but not always easy. First of all, it is the first drink that sets off the craving for more so if you can avoid the first one, you will never again have a problem with alcohol. The difficulty is that despite getting your second DUI and the many other negative things that probably happened and despite your admission that you have had enough of alcohol, a time will come when you will get the thought that maybe one or two drinks would do no harm, that maybe your drinking wasn’t really that bad or that you deserve a drink on a special occasion. In order to be able to defeat such thinking, you may need to do more than just post on DS. You may need to bring about a fundamental change in your way of thinking.

There are probably several ways to bring about this psychic change and any way that works is as good as another. You say that you have tried AA but what exactly does that mean? AA meetings are a good support mechanism but nothing more than that. It is the Twelve Step programme of recovery that brings about a change of thinking that leads to recovery from alcoholism. For that, you need a sponsor and a willingness to do whatever it takes.

You can continue to struggle and hope for the best and maybe that will work for you. Alternatively, you may grasp the nettle, confront the problem and walk the path to freedom.

Since alcoholism is a disease, it might be best to inform your doctor and together, you both can discuss what options are available where you live. Many of the people that were in my counseling group were there after getting caught for multiple dui's. The judge gave them a choice of treatment or jail so of course they all chose treatment.

Good luck on your road to recovery. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers....

God Bless!

It's never too late. I see people come into AA in their 50s even 60s. I can't imagine how long they have been fighting to quit.

We have all felt hopeless, but in time it gets better.
I know, because I fought sobriety till I was in my late 30s, and should of stopped drinking in my 20s.

Just hang in there, try and find some people you can relate to, that you can confide in. That's what's worked for me.

Don't loose hope

You've already taken the most important step toward change by admitting that you need help with your addiction. Like the others, I would suggest that you join AA again. That said, another excellent program you may want to consider is Road to Freedom, a Christian treatment center that warmly welcomes anyone who struggles with drugs or alcohol. Sending you prayers as you start your new journey. Stay strong, okay?

I understand, got my first DUI, license suspended, drove anyway. Made it 1/2 through suspension and got in an accident. Now I lost it for a year. AA doesn't feel like a fit for me. There are other groups and methods out there. For me, being able to talk to people who can go through this day by day with me when I'm struggling is what is right for me presently. I'm 2 days sober. You?