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Telling family

Taradactyl
Taradactyl
I crashed last night. I didn't want to. I didn't think I was going to. I thought I was fine. I thought that I was going to be okay. No booze. ...And then I went over to my brother's house. I LOVE my brother. I love him. Me and him, we're like half a soul each. He is me, I am him. BUT he is not an alcoholic. My little brother, thank God, is not an alcoholic. I love him so much! And last night I went to his house and he put a glass of wine in front of me, not knowing.

I think when this binge is over, I NEED to tell my family. They don't know. I have hidden it well. My dad was an alcoholic, but my 2 brothers and my sister, they are not. Thank God. I love them. I'll take the fall.

In any case... I think I need to tell them. Otherwise I will continue to have these complacent nights with temptations. Did you tell your family? Did you tell people who didn't know?
deleted_user
deleted_user
remember you are your own person not half of anybody, that is not a good place to be. You better tell your family so they can be there to support you and not put a glass of wine in front of you anymore. You learned a good lesson if you make it back, take care.
CoogeeMum
CoogeeMum
Anna, I told my family. All of them. If not to explain my absence from their life for a while to heal, but so they knew I didn't want to drink. Didn't matter that they knew or not. It was very real when they finally heard it from me. On this occasion, you drank because you wanted to, couldn't help yourself. The temptation was too great.

You probably even went to your Brothers with the expectation or knowledge that a drink would be offered, as may have been the norm previously. But you did not say "No Thank you" or remove yourself from temptation. You'll go through life with people placing a glass in front of you Anna. It's what YOU do when that glass is placed there.

I'd encourage you to tell your family. All my friends knew. I told them, so they were more at ease when we got together. And they were more than happy to change our evening drinking sessions to lunch, coffee or a movie. Up you get and sure try try again, but make change, because it didn't work last time around.