Old 01-31-2010, 07:13 AM
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intention
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Hi and welcome.

I was a binge drinker. Probably on average I would drink two or three times a week. If I was really trying hard I may not have drunk for a week or two. I had even done weeks and month dry. Then again some weeks I drank every day.



The truth was I could not control my drinking. If I was dry I always knew at some I would drink again and when I drank again, I always drank to oblivion. Most of my drinking was on my own. People know that I enjoy a drink but I doubt that most people would even know that I was an alcoholic.

I always had a high tolerance of alcohol but in my last year of drinking I reached blackout very quickly, usually after about 2 or 3 glasses of wine, even though I was behaving normally with people around me. I don't remember so much. At this stage the alcohol really had caused damage to my brain.

I am an alcoholic. It took me a long time to realise this. I thought only people who drank every day and drank spirits (I drank beer, then wine) were alcoholics.

I found a solution to staying sober in working the 12 Steps of AA.
I am glad you have found this site.
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