Originally Posted by
brooklauren 
WARNING ... RANT AHEAD
At least when I was drinking I had all my **** together. I had my own apartment, a stable & good paying job and my car. Now I have none of that and having the people who love me basically take care of me is putting more stress on them and it really eats away at me. It is making me feel extremely guilty and asking help with money, transportation and basically everything else is really hurting my pride.
First congrats on 7 months!
Those are material things. This is really about your ego. I too had a job, place of my own, etc. and I didn't have my **** together at all! If I would have had my **** togehter I wouldn't have escaped in a bottle.
One of my good friends is an alcoholic and he always says "if I drink, I die". Has kept him sober for 26 years.