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FightingIrish · 06-15-2009, 08:32 AM

Wow! So many things I can identify with. I lost two decades to drinking, thought I drank because I didn't have a boyfriend, circumstances weren't right, he left me, my job was on the line. Ugh, the calling in, the guilt, the frustration. I tried stopping without any kind of program, and I couldn't. A friend suggested that I go to an A.A. meeting, but I was too proud to do it. Finally, when I found myself in a jail cell with pepper spray in my eyes, a dislocated shoulder, and a bruise from where the stun gun hit me, I considered the possibility that I should try A.A. I too am not a mean or violent person when I am sober, but what I read in that police report (and know from my history) indicates that I am a belligerant, violent, and racist drunk.

That was 22 months ago and I haven't had a drink since.

06-15-2009, 08:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
FightingIrish problem with authority Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 873	Wow! So many things I can identify with. I lost two decades to drinking, thought I drank because I didn't have a boyfriend, circumstances weren't right, he left me, my job was on the line. Ugh, the calling in, the guilt, the frustration. I tried stopping without any kind of program, and I couldn't. A friend suggested that I go to an A.A. meeting, but I was too proud to do it. Finally, when I found myself in a jail cell with pepper spray in my eyes, a dislocated shoulder, and a bruise from where the stun gun hit me, I considered the possibility that I should try A.A. I too am not a mean or violent person when I am sober, but what I read in that police report (and know from my history) indicates that I am a belligerant, violent, and racist drunk. That was 22 months ago and I haven't had a drink since. __________________ "Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."