Originally Posted by
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Hah! "The tribe has spoken" - love it!
I'm gettin closer, folks. It's just so freakin hard (wahh, waaahhh!). Then today got news re events surrounding my brother's death and it floored me. Didn't Totally say "f-it," but did have a few drinks w/ a friend. Ugh. Gonna try to make an effort tomorrow to get my stubborn-a bootay into a meeting, dang it.
Well, at least I'm "talking" on here, right? THAT was a step!
Thanks again, everybody. I'm a hard case at times....
Sorry what you are going through...We just have to get to a point that we can't turn to alcohol for situations good or bad. It can't be the answer. Friends that will drink with you can be a problem....A good friend wouldn't do that. It really helped me being around people in AA early on....They wanted to see me not drink....And supported me doing that....Where else are you going to find that? Today I just hang out with them because they are my friends....Early on for me....They were my lifeline.