england

Hi All,

I don’t usually post in this forum but I am looking for a little advice as my friend has started drinking again.

Last year I became friends with someone who was in my day care programme - he is an alcoholic where my vice was cocaine.

I have managed to stay clean but he had started to drink again and I’m not sure if I should mention this when we next meet?

Over the last few day’s we have spoken via text message and he has admitted drinking but has been clean for the last month.

Thanks

doggonecarl

What do you hope to accomplish by mentioning his drinking to him?

CarolD

Congratulations on continueing to make progress...

If you are in a program such as NA...you could ask him over
then suggest both of you attend a meeting..

TSDD

When you were using is there anything in the world someone could have said to you that would have made you stop?

Personally if pepole I meet who are sober go out and drink again I avoid them like the plague, they're trouble magnets when they drink and at that point they know where to go when they've had enough.

tomsteve

if anyone i know wants to drink, that is their business. if anyone i know wants to stop, i am responsible to help. but they gottta wanna stop.

DaveVelasco

I think you should mention it to him next week and remind on what both of you had gone through. Sometimes you have to help him realize his own efforts to help him out.

england

Thanks for the responses

@davevelasco - thats probably a good idea

@godgoncarl - I dont know what I wanted to achieve but maybe let him know that he managed to stop drinking before and that he can do it again. He was supportive to me when I was struggling so it would be good to return the favour.