Originally Posted by
sweetichick 
I got my new car on Wednesday. The stress of worrying how I will meet the repayment plan is causing so much anxiety that all I want to do is be happily drunk. I drank 3 bottles of wine yesterday and even drove over the limit in the car. Hot can I stop this insanity? I was sober in the lead up to picking the car up. Maybe I need AA after all.
"Reading on here has helped me not let this turn into a relapse."
It is already a relapse isn't it? My guess is the car is just one of those impulsive things we do under the illusion that it will make us feel better. Retail therapy perhaps?
I can see that you are desperately miserable and willing to do almost anything to feel better. I don't think there is much of a maybe about your need for AA. The program fixed my miserable internal condition better than anything I know of.