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 found your group with the help of my sister. She has overcome her drinking problem and understands what I have been doing to myself. I really need your help to overcome my drinking problem. I hate what I have become and the hurt and disappointment I have put my husband though. I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror and smile. The only thing I see is a empty shell of a drunk.
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Dick Van Dyke’s path to sobriety was a turning point in his life and career. Here’s what happened:How He Got SoberStruggles and Realization: Van Dyke began drinking as a teenager, largely to cope with shyness and social anxiety. Alcohol made him feel more comfortable in social settings, but over time, his drinking spiraled out of control. By his mid-40s, he recognized that he had an addictive...
The drinking was no longer fun. It was now a problem and not a party.
I gained weight, my nerves were shot, I was filled with anxiety and could not sleep.
When I decided to finally 'quit', I had to change my way of thinking.
You will not be loosing anything my quitting, you will be gaining.
There are many different folks on this site that will voice there opinion,
but one thing is, were all here to help...
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Happy First Sober Friday.
Welcome...its great you have a role model (your sister) as well to help you along.
Sadly, as we age (I read this when I was about 15)...the progression starts to really show in our drinking. We get old quicker, we get sicker, we drink more than ever and we battle more than ever to stop.
I don't know I you work...but the weekend is a great time to stop because if you do work..you have plenty of time now to rest and fill up on vitamins, Gatorade..and some food if you can possibly eat well.
Drinking for decades is a very hard habit to break...not just mentally but also physically. Are you worried about withdrawal? Is your Dr. aware of your drinking struggle? If possible I would make him aware, he may be able to help you with medication to ease you thru the process of recovery.
I wish you luck...don't beat yourself up if you slip...just keep trying...stopping is new to you and its amazing how it isn't THAT easy....but once you get thru 3-5 days...life starts to look and feel better.
You will find a plethora of support here from people who are in your current situation or once were and can truly empathise with what you are going through.
I remember the mornings I would wake up and take a look in the mirror and feel fear seize me and what felt like seizing my heart. A stranger was looking back and me. Yet I knew even in all my despair and with a boozed brain and body, that deep down under all the booze was a wonderful, honest, courageous and giving woman screaming to break out. I needed the courage to overcome the fear of living life without the highs I looked forward to every night. As my alcoholism progressed, drinking was less and less fun and instead my life was being completely hijacked by an obsessive need to consume alcohol. With alcohol in control of my life, it wasn't much of a life at all.
You are so blessed to have a sister who has fought this demon and is winning the battle. With the help of my mother, I summoned that courage and reminded myself that my cravings were the obsession talking--it wasn't my own voice beckoning for a drunken night. It was my disease. I learned to differentiate between my voice and what I wanted and what my addiction wanted.
I began my sober journey with an honest look at what had lead me to becoming addicted to alcohol. I had to let go of some things that were encouraging my drinking and my attitude around drinking, and replace them with other healthier things. That could be as simple as finding a non-alcoholic drink to stave off the cravings, but it can also be deeper such as pin-pointing any and all self-destructive behavior and thoughts,and replacing them with positive and healthy behaviors. I wanted to be proud of myself. Getting sober and living sober is one of my greatest achievements because of what beautiful and amazing things have happened as a result of it.
Once you get a period of time away from alcohol you start to feel empowered and then it becomes a choice...but right now....you really need to find a way to detox so you can get to that point.
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Today I have hope and can attempt to deal with the stress of life without the crutch of alcohol.
Its good that you have recognized the issue now get to the root.
See i drank not for the alcohol but for the effect that alcohol produced.
I tried a million times to quit until I finally had enough and asked for help thru AA. I would be dead if it were not for the caring and giving people in my group
Take action, get well, live again.
1is2many
Good to hear from you again :)
See I'm an alcoholic.
1) when I drink I want more ( craving )
2 ) when I'm not drinking I am thinking when my next drink will be.
(oBSESSION)
It is the desire of every alcoholic to have just one.
I can't have just one I want more, this is a disease of more
It is possible to get better, many of us have, you can too
1is2many
I think it is the Easy way to Quit or Stop alcohol....
like 1is2many says....1, 2....and 3....it never stops if I don't stop.