After being rescued from passing out in a public area, I found myself in bed the next morning not remembering how I got there. Vomiting and then settling in at the bar again only a few hours later. The friend who found me warned me to be careful and we just laughed it off. This morning when I called in sick for work - I am sick but drinking this weekend definitely contributed, I talked to a friend and finally opened up to them how bad my problem is. Incredibly the friend had no idea so I must be fairly good at fooling people. I begged the friend to ask me to stop drinking for them...let's just say this is a close friend and my drinking has hurt them lately. The friend said I need to do this for myself, not them...still this was enough incentive to do it for us, family, and health, reputation...everything!!!