Alcoholism Support Group

Hang in there !!

Make your goal not to drink for the next hour, then the next hour, then the next hour, before you know it it is time to go to bed, and you have made it, one hour at a time

Hey Chole! I'd lie if I said it was easy, there has to be reasons to quit, goals to quit, creating a WHOLE NEW LIFE!

I am slowing figuring out, quitting just to quit doesnt work, you have to make it work for you. Wheather it be AA, higher power, etc....

The first time I knew I had to quit for an extended period of time, it scared the shit out of me, but now, it doest scare me to quit, its just that I use it as a coping mechinism, escape and instant gratification.

Its tough, but once you see what your life can be without it, drinking doesnt seem to appealing.

Retrain the brain my brother and look for better days ahead!

When I finally "got" sober...it was nothing less than a miracle. I too did it cold turkey, I know now that there are other ways to detox. I remember it was a horrible experience. The vomiting, shaking, tingling skin, ect...The physical stuff only lasted about 3 days.

Then the remorse of my past started to flood into my foggy existence. My racing mind, inability to concentrate was so hard to deal with.

Life seemed extremely difficult. Every little task was such a chore. Life's daily stuff grated against me like sandpaper.

I really didn't know for sure what was keeping me from picking up that drink...cuz it seemed like the normal thing to do under the circumstances. I just didn't.

When I came to...that horrible morning, I called AA Central Office. I had heard of it at the office. I was finally reaching for any kind of help that I could find. They directed me to the nearest AA meeting and I stumbled into that place, sick and drunk.

The memory of my first AA meeting is vague. But I remember thinking "this is it...I am done" and So I was and so I am.

I kept going back cuz really I had burned every bridge and this was all that was left a room full of people who seemed to care about me, even though they were strangers...deep down I didn't want to be alone any more and I knew I would die without help...So help was accepted.

I just kept going, everyday..spending time with other alcoholics. There friendship helped alot. I'll just say this is where it began....it has been a long journey but I cannot begin to tell you how grateful I am for that day when I mumbled "this is it...I am done".

AA gave me many tools, "tools for living". The edges of the sandpaper have worn off and living is not the chore that it was.

I could tell you of all the wonderful changes that have happened in my life but really it is my hope that you can realize your own true happiness. It starts with a decision.

Hi Chole,

I remember when I first realized alcohol was starting to make my life worse. I too was determined to stop. Because I wasn't a fall down drunk and all of my family & friends drank, I wasn't getting the support I desperately needed. They always told me I didn't have a drinking problem. I guess if I said I had a problem, they thought I was telling them they did. I never threw that judgment around but i knew I had to quit.

Just know that you have support here no matter what. You can do this and make your life happy again. You can start living again instead of living for the drink.

Keep believing in yourself. You are so worth it girl!

I wasn't a fall down drunk at first and I have never had a DUI. We can always say my drinking wasn't that bad. Or That will never happen to me. Staying in that kind of denial...can keep an alcoholic sick...humility will happen some day...

Keep it simple, It's the first drink that starts the merry-go -round.Don't take the first drink regardless of what happens or how you feel. You will succeed it this if you give it everything you got.