Originally Posted by
JamesSquire 
No need to be ashamed, I'm sure most of us have been where you are. If by chance you fail, don't beat yourself up like I did for years. It only makes it harder for giving up. Get back up, I have been where I think there's no hope. There's always hope and there's always some success.
Being here helps me heaps.
I have been here so many times, I've lost count of how many classes I've joined.
My drinking is getting worse as I'm in a very unhappy place in my life and its a coping mechanism to not look at or deal with that unhappiness.. And then the drinking just makes everything worse..
Hopefully it can stick this time..