This is harder than I thought it would be...
I just joined SR and I'm hoping it will help me alot. Last week I went to my first AA meeting, it was not my choice to go, I doubt I ever would have went of my own accord. I drank last Monday, got a little crazy/emotional and spilled my guts to my parents about my drinking. They already knew that I drank too much, I knew that I drank too much/too often also, but I guess I thought I could handle it. My drinking has been a long-running joke to me. I guess, as long as I was laughing about it, I didn't have to face the seriousness of it. I'm not a hardcore alcoholic, but I definately have a drinking problem. I didn't think I belonged at an AA meeting, but honestly, when I left that meeting I felt so much better about my situation. It gave me hope. And, yes, I have given in and drank since, but, it's still early days. I won't beat myself up about it. It's so much harder than I thought it would be though. I just want to hear other people's experiences with trying to give up drinking...