Hi all,
I am a 42 year old guy who has been drinking nearly every day for the past 16 years. I consider myself a 'functioning alcoholic' since I haven't lost my job, family relationships, etc. I drink anywhere from 5-8 beers every day depending on whether it's a week day or a weekend. It is hard for me to define my 'level' of alcohism since I am not so bad that I get fall-down drunk or black out, yet I am dependent on it to the point that I can't function for a day without it. I feel like I've been 'training' my body for years to require it.
Is anybody else in the same boat? I feel like I can keep going down this road without getting any worse, but I'm worried that I'll eventually enter the next stage, and then it will be much harder to recover. I keep telling myself I'll quit drinking one day, but then an hour goes by and I need another beer.
Please let me know your thoughts, I can use them. Thanks.
I have just re-found this site and am in the same boat as you. I originally joined in 2009 - over 7 years ago and fell off the wagon. There are people on these message boards who were posting back in 2009 and you will find them incredibly helpful. Good luck for sobriety in 2017.
Good evening.
If you're looking for an answer you can live with--as opposed to slowly killing yourself--then you might consider a recovery plan with outside help. We all understand that the mind that put us here cannot think itself out of here--most of us needed help.
Keep coming back. Consider rehab. Consider AA. Consider medical detox. Consider coming here and asking what others have done.
If you think you have a problem with alcohol, AA can help.
If you want to do the same thing expecting different results, just keep doing what you're doing...
If you're looking for an answer you can live with--as opposed to slowly killing yourself--then you might consider a recovery plan with outside help. We all understand that the mind that put us here cannot think itself out of here--most of us needed help.
Keep coming back. Consider rehab. Consider AA. Consider medical detox. Consider coming here and asking what others have done.
If you think you have a problem with alcohol, AA can help.
If you want to do the same thing expecting different results, just keep doing what you're doing...
Hi
Hmmmmmm.... How do i quit????????
Well I could quit, in fact I could do that several times a day. lol
So surely the problem was, dont pick up a drink in the first place, thus not activating the craving from more.
Nope.... I was obsessing about the stuff. I was F**Ked. Had my life really become like this? was I to become mad, Oh crap I already was.
You see after a while my whole existence depended upon much I can stay in reality, And I hated the thoughts of being sober, and what i saw as a mad bad world.
Yet I was sick of being sick
So I required a solution, a way to get along in life a way to like people and be at peace, a way to be a to solve my unmanageable problem.
Ah..... AA gave me the answer
God Bless
Hmmmmmm.... How do i quit????????
Well I could quit, in fact I could do that several times a day. lol
So surely the problem was, dont pick up a drink in the first place, thus not activating the craving from more.
Nope.... I was obsessing about the stuff. I was F**Ked. Had my life really become like this? was I to become mad, Oh crap I already was.
You see after a while my whole existence depended upon much I can stay in reality, And I hated the thoughts of being sober, and what i saw as a mad bad world.
Yet I was sick of being sick
So I required a solution, a way to get along in life a way to like people and be at peace, a way to be a to solve my unmanageable problem.
Ah..... AA gave me the answer
God Bless
Sorry mate, but you already know you're on a very slippery slope. Main thing is you admit it to yourself. Dunno if this your first time or not. Fact, trying to slowly cut down NEVER WORKS. Fact, you cannot do this quickly, or on your own. Fact, you will need medical help. Fact, you will need all your friends support ( tip, this is when you find out who your REAL friends are!)
Don't use shrinks unless they have trod this road themselves. only use them in a complimentary manner, a sounding board for you to use outside your usual circles.
Begin with your family doctor first. He/She is gonna tell you a load of stuff that you won't want to hear. you must listen.
This whole thing is a process with many variations. you will have to make major life changes and stick with them.
Nobody can do it for you. I will watch your future posts with great interest.
Don't use shrinks unless they have trod this road themselves. only use them in a complimentary manner, a sounding board for you to use outside your usual circles.
Begin with your family doctor first. He/She is gonna tell you a load of stuff that you won't want to hear. you must listen.
This whole thing is a process with many variations. you will have to make major life changes and stick with them.
Nobody can do it for you. I will watch your future posts with great interest.
Become WILLING and have an open mind to do whatever it takes to get and stay sober...
It's too easy to quit alcohol or drugs. First of all, you should have the energy that prevent from alcohol. You can admitted in popular rehab centre. They will serve you. After all the things done properly, You can leave alcoholic life.
