Thank you for your "old friend alcohol" post. I think i have read it 5 or 6 times i even retyped it and have it in my desk drawer. It made me look at how evil alcohol is. I want to quit drinking. In the mornings i am so disgusted with my self but by evening it tells me its ok, you dont have a problem, you deserve it. When i dont drink which isn't often i am foul and hard to be around when i drink i am happy and fun. I want to be that with out drinking. I want to learn to hate it. But i think i hate myself more. I am going to work at stopping. Your post really did help. Thank You!!
You are welcome. You really have taken a very large step just in beginning to realize that you have an issue to deal with. That's a bigger step than you now realize. There are resources available to help you learn about alcoholism, and alcohol use, misuse, abuse, and addiction. Broaden your knowledge, then make some decisions. Don't set yourself up for failure by saying that you will never drink again. You have to take these things one day at a time, and one hour or minute at a time in the beginning. I think that you are already beginning to realize that the fun and happiness that alcohol promises is a very empty promise and that it will turn on you and become your worst nightmare.
Stay with us.
Stay with us.
Today my goal is to remove all the alcohol in my home. This is going to be hard because a relative from California sent me 6 bottles of some of the finest wines. I told my self that after I drink these bottles then I will quit. But after reading these post and knowing that i am not the only one out there I am going to do it. I want so badly to quit. My other goal is to tell someone else other then you that i am an alcoholic. But i dont think i will get that done today. Very scared. Also i feel very quilty for doing this to my husband. I dont understand how he does not know. I guess i am just a good liar. If you are an alcoholic then you are a liar. Dont like that in myself. Thank you for your encouragement. I am going to need it. I quit once for a whole month. I was trying to loose some weight. But after sacrificing my wonderful alcohol and didnt loose any weight. I started drinking again. Sorry i am babbling. Thank you again. Ginny sue.
Good for you Ginny Sue - however don't assume your husband doesn't know. Like my wife he may just prefer to look the other way and hope things get better. BEST OF LUCK & SELF-CONTROL
ginny sue, you are very courageous. congratulations on taking one small step at a time -- it's going to help you in the long run.
I did it, I got rid of all the alcohol in my house. I feel good about it too. It is 4:00PM here and that is usually when i start drinking. I would like to have a drink but i want to not drink more right now. Hope it continues. Talk at ya later. Ginny sue
Great work Ginny Sue. It feels great to have that accomplishment doesnt it? That's excellent for you. I know what you mean about it being so hard to tell anyone about your problem. I have shared this only with my fiance. It was so hard to tell him. I wrote him a letter and had him read it in front of me. Then we talked about it and I asked him for his help. This was a long time ago, and I did go back to drinking after that. What really helped me was this forum, and a chat room I found. Talking to people and having encouragment helps a lot. Just the fact that people just like you have overcome this also is a big sense of hope. There is hope. You can do it. There is no point in drinking, and ruining what you've already accomplished! Good job, keep it up! We're proud of you.
how are you feeling today, mup ?
Hi, just letting you know that i made it through the night. I never had a drink!!! feels good. Had trouble falling asleep though. Usually in my drunken stuper i fall right to sleep. My poor body dont know what to think. Thank you guys so much for your incouragement. I hope someday i can give incouragement and not be "poor me!!", "poor me!!" Poor me another long Island tea! Just kidding!! I am going to do like you said and go one day at a time. So far i feel good. But i worry about the days when things didn't go well and have alot of stress. Those will be the hard days!! I pray i have enough will power.I hope i dont let you guys down. It feels strange to be able to talk about this monkey on my back to people with out a face and feel good. The worse part about this is ( I put the monkey on my back) and now I am having trouble getting it off. I do feel alot of relief talking about it though. Bye for now. Ginny sue.
