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.
and "gentlewoman drinkers" So many of us tried so many half-baked ways to keep drinking , but to drink "socially". Everything from drinking soda till midnight to "beer only nights", etc.
But , when I watch true social drinkers have 4 drinks in the course of a six hour evening I realize that's not who I was and it cannot be who I am
I didn't want that, in fact how they do it remains a complete mystery to me to this day.
I simply wanted to get drunk without getting in trouble! Even if there was some magic wand that made that possible , it still would of destroyed my body over time.
I chased an illusion for way too long.
But , when I watch true social drinkers have 4 drinks in the course of a six hour evening I realize that's not who I was and it cannot be who I am
I didn't want that, in fact how they do it remains a complete mystery to me to this day.
I simply wanted to get drunk without getting in trouble! Even if there was some magic wand that made that possible , it still would of destroyed my body over time.
I chased an illusion for way too long.
"No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows."
"The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed."
"Over any considerable period we get worse, never better."
"Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class."
That last sentance makes me cringe, even today, because that was me for too many awful years. Thank God it is not like that today.
Thank god,
Billy
I tried every method to prove to myself I wasn't an alcoholic, only to fail miserably every time. And I got progressively worse, never better.