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Old 02-08-2017, 05:45 PM
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Mklove
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Originally Posted by wpainterw View Post
Part of the problem is the shame of admitting something like that. And "What will people think?" (when they already know anyway). And some folks still believe that "He brought it on himself. The leopard never changes its spots". I had to quit in order to escape death. And an alcoholic nurse told me that she'd rather die of cancer than have the suffering and pain alcoholics end up with. I quit and I survived. It's been 28 plus years. I no longer care "what people think". I'm alive.

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I quit the day I said goodbye in Hospice to my bestie, she was finally lying there in peace but she suffered, made my choice to save my precarious liver obvious. I miss her, wish we could have tried sobriety together.
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