Me too kgirl. I'm sick of feeling depressed, anxious, ashamed and guilty all the time. What triggered you to drink after 11months? For me it was a concert. I knew it was a bad idea to go but I pressed the f-it button.
I honestly don't know if telling people would help me. While it's a falsehood all us Irish are borderline alcoholics, there is still a huge drinking culture and especially binge drinking. I'm not sure they would understand as it's seen as very normal amongst a lot of friends and family to drink quite heavily. My best friend knows I attended AA at one stage but he thinks since I can stop for periods of time (11months last year, 6months the year before and 9 the year before that although I was pregnant with the latter) that there's no problem.