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When did you realise

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For me, I was drinking away having what I thought was a jolly good time.

I was drinking with a friend who we shall call Br

I had known Br for years, he was a local character, what I would describe as a total Alcoholic Piss Head.

Red faced, long stragley hairs, few scars, scruffy, a true bum Br was

However I had been enjoying his Company for quite a few days, when during our conversation Br said "Us Alcoholics"

My brain thought Cheeky get Git, what does he mean "Us Alcoholics" how dare he bring me down to his level of depravity, I'm just a good heavy drinking Guy that likes Company.

Then it sank in, I thought, Br your right mate, I am a total Alcoholic Piss head, why else am I here, why else do I drink every day, why else am I sick in the morning, why else can I not refuse or get through a day without a drink, I am indeed an alcoholic drinking with my Alcoholic friends.

I did not stop that day, but it was my point of realisation that I had a very serious problem.

Br is sadly still drinking and he does not yet know, how 2 words helped me change my life, he probably would not understand,and I am not sure that I have the cheek to explain it to him.

But he hit home, and he lost a drinking buddy, he is proably still trying to work out what ever came into me LOL

Just wanted to share this, how about any of you, when did you decide you were indeed an alcoholic

trickey
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Thanks for sharing. I knew when I was not only sick of drinking, but when I was sick of me.
ktharp423
ktharp423
I got my first taste of AA in 1987, my father had just cleaned up and I was going for support. I knew then that I would some day be in those rooms, but I was nowhere near done drinking; heck I wasn't even legal yet but I already knew I had a problem.

I've shared that I got sober trying to get my mother sober. We had done an intervention on her and she was in an out-patient treatment center. I was going to family night every week, one night my brother confronted me. I downplayed it, said I don't drink like I used to, just wine with dinner. Well, he didn't stop there; he remembered how much wine I used to drink with my dinner.
Of course there's more to it than that, but that's it in a nutshell; Nov 15 1994. It was on a Tuesday and that became my first day sober.
deleted_user
deleted_user
you just told my story and talked about my friend who lives down the street from me still. he is still drinking also and refuses to give it up. i realized i was an alcoholic the day they took my daughter from me while i sat in a jail cell. they shipped me to rehab and her to foster care. 2 weeks into rehab i surrendered
rainyangel
rainyangel
I realized I had a big problem about let's say, 10yrs ago.. I was miserable and not working and not really doing anything but drinking and tried to stop, then it hit me, that it wasn't going to be that easy. I tried to stop a million times and that's when you realize this is a big problem and you need help/support of some kind. Over and over and over again, messing myself and my life up. It's insane. Has affected every single aspect of my life negatively. Blacking out, doing a million retarded and dangerous things. losing friends, jobs, the list goes on. I think it's how you drink and why, not how often really. I can't put it down once I start. I have no control over the consumption.
deleted_user
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I went on a cruise to nowhere with a few friends. I sat in the room most of the time hiding and drinking, passing out , drinking more. this was in oct04. It only lasted for 3 days but i didn't stop. i drank constantly untill the morning of feb 26 06. I was so sick drinkind my oj (& VODKA) that morning i call the AA hot line. I was told to run ( not walk ) to tuckers...( HOSPITAL) i was admited to the mental health/rehab with a bac of .23!!! it was 10 am . if that didn't open my eyes nothing would have. AA brought meetings in and that's what keeps me sober to this day
deleted_user
deleted_user
oops that was feb 05 that i stopped
deleted_user
deleted_user
For me the realization was a gradual thing. I fell down the stairs while drunk and hit my head on the tile floor at the bottom. Cracked my skull, coma, you get the idea. Swore to my little kids I'd never drink again. From there I'd go in spurts between heavy drinking and abstinence but I always went back. My dad became sober about 18 months ago so I know I have "the gene." One day the drinking started getting pretty heavy again and I got a sense that DH was getting fed up with it. I was afraid to lose him. That was my bottom. I said to him "I think I might be an alcoholic" and he said "no shit." From there I went to AA.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thanks everone for sharing, I think its good that we look back sometimes and remind ourselves how our journey has been so far, I feel thats it's also good that others maybe still in the madness can understand that we have been there, and as dark a place as it may be, there is a way out.

I beieve that realisation is perhaps the begining, followed by acceptance and then overcoming denial.

For me this was the point that I realised, but had not accepted, but it was a very big starting point for me.

Thanks all, it is good for me to read and share

Trickey
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