Originally Posted by
Dee74 
Hi and welcome John
I drank for as long as I got get away with it - the trouble is looking back I really didn't get away with it for the last few years....my functionality was progressively more and more only in my mind.
I lost a lot - jobs, relationships, respect, dignity...the earlier you decide to change things the less you'll lose John.
D
Thank you. I don't like to lose respect, dignity, etc. I am overweight and have now developed an obvious "beer-belly". I hate it. I feel like it just shouts my alcoholism to the world. Plus, I guess I am more vain than I thought, because I hate the way my body looks, and I have to admit that this is a huge motivation for me to quit. It's disgraceful.