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Sugasnaps · 01-07-2006, 04:38 PM

Hi Judy,

Congratulations on your courage. It was really hard for me to tell my husband and family that I was an alcoholic. Esp cuz my brother is in a Baptist church that outright says you are of low moral character if you use alcohol. I have done things in my life time that I am not proud of... who hasn't - but low moral character? Newp... bzzzzzt... thank you for playing move on! "I am me and me is good" (TM - Locowolf). Once I finally did tell them it was a relief for me. I did it for me... not them and whatever problems they have with it is, to be honest, their problems not mine. They will support me or not - I have no control over them. Remember the serentiy prayer? It so applies to my family and my relationship with them! For the most part they have been wonderful. My sister is very supportive and if you have a good relationship with her then she will bend over backwards to help you. It is nice to have a sis like that and it has drawn us closer. Amazingly enough, I find she relates to me on her own level with the issues that I have - not so much with alcohol but she can relate to me with the feelings that I want to supress via my abuse of alcohol. Her non-alcoholic point of view has been as much of a help to me as has the alcoholic point's of view that I have found in my 7 days in AA. I know I know 7 days isn't much... I know that... but it is my newbie experience I'm sharing.

Hang in there and to thine own self be true...

Suga

01-07-2006, 04:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sugasnaps Living and Loving. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Saratoga, California Posts: 475	Hi Judy, Congratulations on your courage. It was really hard for me to tell my husband and family that I was an alcoholic. Esp cuz my brother is in a Baptist church that outright says you are of low moral character if you use alcohol. I have done things in my life time that I am not proud of... who hasn't - but low moral character? Newp... bzzzzzt... thank you for playing move on! "I am me and me is good" (TM - Locowolf). Once I finally did tell them it was a relief for me. I did it for me... not them and whatever problems they have with it is, to be honest, their problems not mine. They will support me or not - I have no control over them. Remember the serentiy prayer? It so applies to my family and my relationship with them! For the most part they have been wonderful. My sister is very supportive and if you have a good relationship with her then she will bend over backwards to help you. It is nice to have a sis like that and it has drawn us closer. Amazingly enough, I find she relates to me on her own level with the issues that I have - not so much with alcohol but she can relate to me with the feelings that I want to supress via my abuse of alcohol. Her non-alcoholic point of view has been as much of a help to me as has the alcoholic point's of view that I have found in my 7 days in AA. I know I know 7 days isn't much... I know that... but it is my newbie experience I'm sharing. Hang in there and to thine own self be true... Suga __________________ "Gimme sum suga baby!"