| able to stop/not able to stop
I have been reading a lot about people who recognize (or are) alcoholics because once they begin drinking they can't stop.
what about if i CAN stop, it's just that i don't bother to until my head is spinning, etc.
that's just one symptom, anyhow. i do some serious jonesing for a drink now that i'm trying not to drink. sometimes i wish i hadn't had that talk with my husband telling him i think i might have a drinking problem and could he help me not drink. he congratulates me if i tell him i beat a temptation, and the one time in the past 8 days that i bought wine, he took it away and returned it to the store . . . BUT he drinks his beer in front of me (makes me jealous for wine).
found an AA meeting nearby -- meets on Tuesday night. always thought whether or not i was an alcoholic would be obvious. guess i didn't understand all the details when my parents told me there was alcoholism in the family.
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