Originally Posted by Madbird

Welcome, Dave!

I couldn't stop drinking no matter how much I wished I could until I was willing to do anything to stop. Time in a treatment centre followed by regular participation in AA worked for me.

If you don't know what to do with yourself on a Friday night, maybe attending an open meeting might occupy some of that time. At an open meeting, you generally go to just hear someone speak and you don't even have to be a member. And you don't have to say anything yourself.

Sometimes meetings can be later in the evening, depending on where you are and if you can't make it to one, calling the hotline might help get you through the night.

Life can be really good again.