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Old 02-19-2010, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by keepcominback View Post
I wouldn't be too worried about the label.



So perhaps this is about your idea of what an alcoholic "is". Do you think it is a negative label in any way?


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Yes I do see it as a negative, and as was pointed out, if I had cancer, diabetes, whatever, it would be easier to acknowledge, but then again I think it would also be easier for the people around me to accept. I know It's me who needs to deal with all of this, and I need to do it on my own, it's just sometimes trying to explain it to people who just don't get it, or won't listen, is very tiresome. For the last few days all I've been doing is sleeping on and off. Luckily I'm in work today so I have to stay awake, but I think the stress of thinking about it is wearing me down, but having said that I am a bit more positive. I think because my idea of an alcoholic like my dad, coming in drunk every night, fighting, frightening us with the shouting etc, has me thinking of the negatives. Then again, who's to say if I don't continue to be sober, I won't end up doing the same.
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