Old 01-04-2009, 05:48 PM
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onecent
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: southern girl
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Hi Cherry! I too fell off the wagon, after 5 years. I started up three months ago and I can tell you, the first day I drank I just had one or two. The next day..three or four. And it progressed from there. Withdrawls were horrible just like it was 5 years ago. It truly is a progressive disease. I drank for about 15 years before I quit the first time. I don't want to ever go back to those 15 years. It was true insanity. I was married three times and hurt so many along the way, but most of all I cheated myself out of those years. Those past five years have been the best in my life and I do not want to let these past three insane months bring me back to the hell I was living. I want to be here for my kids, my ill parents, and want to live the life my God wants me to live.

Please don't give up......but please don't ever think that you can drink "normal" again. If you are truly an alcoholic, you can't. :ghug
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