Barker

Dear all,

I am 20 a year old student currently residing in Liverpool. I started drinking in June '06 (before uni) and since then my life has gone downhill. I seem to drink until i blackout and once i start i cannot stop. I find myself in the most embarrassing situations and not being able to remember a single thing.
I start drinking and then cannot stop, there's no in between.
It's only recently that i think its time to change tracks and sort my life out and i think you guys are going to be a factor in my recovery.
I need help from people who understand what its like, and hopefully this will be my outlet as im ruining friendships constantly. I need support and hope that i can get through this.

Thank you for listening.

Xx

nandm

Welcome to SR!

Anna

Hi Barker and Welcome,

There is hope and you can change your life.

Take a look around and read and learn.

Barker

Thank you so much guys.
I'm hoping this year i can finally sort myself and beat this addiction and get back to my old self

xx

tw33k

Hi Barker and welcome. There is hope and as long you keep that hope you can make changes.

CarolD

Welcome ...

Blackouts? They are explained on post #17 in this thread

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...influence.html

That book convinced me to finally quit drinking.
I do hope you too will find it beneficial.

Barker

The section about blackouts and not remebering previous nights or how you got home is certainly true with me. They're so frequent with me that i can't remember hardly any of my nights to be fair. Then i wake up the next morning (as im sure some can relate) with the guilt and sick feeling of what might have happened the night before, or how far i went to disgrace myself.
Thank you for posting CarolD.
This is the closest i've come to helping myself, i just hope i have the will power to continue.

xx