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've made it to 4 weeks today without a drink!! Im not really sure how. Ive never got this far before. I think maybe I have finally admitted to my self that Im an alcoholic. ( there Ive said it) and I know I can never have one drink. I remember I always had to have enough before I started. My friends would go for fine wines. I'd go for quantity. I remember many many times waking up in the middle of the night after a session begging god to help me stop. I remember someone once saying (not related to alcohol) if u ask enough God will eventually hear you. Maybe he did!!
I feel Im doing ok and feel scared to venture to AA maybe thats helping me stay off it too because I said if I couldnt do it alone I'd go.Also I did hypnosis which possibly helped. What do u all think can I keep going on my own? why does AA terrify me so much? Just also like to add this forum has been fantastic in helping me stay sober. x
I feel Im doing ok and feel scared to venture to AA maybe thats helping me stay off it too because I said if I couldnt do it alone I'd go.Also I did hypnosis which possibly helped. What do u all think can I keep going on my own? why does AA terrify me so much? Just also like to add this forum has been fantastic in helping me stay sober. x
As for AA, if you don't need it, why go? Or go and check it out, then if you see something there you like you can follow the program or use it for support.
I went to my first meeting after I had been sober for a month or two. Everyone was nice and welcoming. But I found it to be depressing and never saw a good reason to get involved. I checked out several meetings - just found I did not want to spend my time there.
It's not like AA or any other program is a requirement for getting and staying sober. What is required is that you find the path that makes sense and will work for you, and you stick with it.
In my experience, God always know what is best for me. Also, I think God is working through people as well.
I was a binge drinker as well. But definitely an alcoholic, and it took me lots of painful years when I finally admitted it, with my whole being.
When I went to AA, I was drunk on my first meeting. Somebody took me there. I remember though that people embraced me. I was surrounded with love. It was a huge thing! Strangers - but they loved me from the very beginning. That strong love kept me going back. I was a binge drinker as well. It got harder and harder to stop a binge. Tried many methods, from counselling to psychologist (no hypnosis though.) Nothing helped. Kept long breaks, but the vicious circle kept repeating itself. In AA I learned the meaning of "we".
If AA terrify you, that can be because you are afraid to turn up without knowing anything about the people there. So instead of trying it out whether you can do it alone or not, perhaps it is more useful to try out that AA is for you or not?
Like the hypnosis, it will help or it won't but at least you can know you have fully explored that option to your own satisfaction.
I feel it's best to weigh the merits for yourself and so I am posting a link here to the many pamphlets AA publishes that you can scroll through and read. it may help alleviate that scared feeling.
I know a lot of people in AA who did not drink every day but they know they are alcoholic because once they start to drink they have little or no control over how much they drink.
Here's the link
http://www.aa.org/lang/en/catalog.cfm?category=4&origpage=
Good luck and keep asking God for help because he is our ultimate strength.
http://vanessagobes.blogspot.com/2011/11/manure-of-experience.html
Billy
A.A. is also a very honest program. It teaches you to look inward and find out why you drank. Maybe, you are afraid to get honest with yourself??
Take it from me...I had major social anxiety and did not trust anyone; however, I forced myself to go to A.A. and it was the best decision I have ever made.
In A.A. you will find support and above all else, you will get an education on alcoholism. You will find out that this battle can be won. You will find the tools to help keep you sober. You will find a new purpose to your life.
They say 90 meetings in 90 days....which to me is a little much. I would suggest at least 25 meetings within a 2 month period of time before you make the decision that A.A. just isn't right for you.
A grateful recovering alcoholic, D
A.A. 's are the nicest people, non judgmental as a whole, everyone has been brought to their knees cuz of booze. People getting better cuz they are relating their troubles. Go, enjoy...