Headed To Hospital For Detox.....
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Headed To Hospital For Detox.....
Well I'm already getting sharp pains in my right side. I'm seeing spider webs & don't feel rite. I planned on drinking longer but my body can no longer handle the same amounts. I am so tired of detoxing. Since I relapsed a month ago I was able to have short 1 day slips. But couse,the monster came out of his cage. I just want to go to sleep & not wake up. I cannot take this sober life or this drunk life. My #1 priority when I get ouuta detox will be to find employment. I'm tired of being a public outcast. Staying sober & not working never helped me pay my bills or get a quality life. That is what i want.
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Originally Posted by Justfor1 
Well I'm already getting sharp pains in my right side. I'm seeing spider webs & don't feel rite. I planned on drinking longer but my body can no longer handle the same amounts. I am so tired of detoxing. Since I relapsed a month ago I was able to have short 1 day slips. But couse,the monster came out of his cage. I just want to go to sleep & not wake up. I cannot take this sober life or this drunk life. My #1 priority when I get ouuta detox will be to find employment. I'm tired of being a public outcast. Staying sober & not working never helped me pay my bills or get a quality life. That is what i want.
Its never too late for good stuff to happen.
Felt like you often and picking up at 71.
Did de tox( 5 weeks) in 96 AND IMPROVED.
Bad sober life gets even worse with alcohol.
Back at A.A, ITS GOOD,not 'perfect' just good
God bless!
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I'm glad you're headed to detox JF1. Your post reminded me of this passage from the big book. Sound familiar? That means others have felt like you do right now and have lived to get sober. I hope you find the help you need!
(btw the solution to this dilemma is on the same page
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A Vision For You: Chapter 11 pg 152 (1st edition)
(btw the solution to this dilemma is on the same page
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Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end.
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Glad you are going to get help Just. You seem like a good person just with problems like the rest of us. I hope you get through detox and find your way into something stable that will help you move forward. Please post when you can.
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Originally Posted by Sudz No More
Glad you are going to get help Just. You seem like a good person just with problems like the rest of us. I hope you get through detox and find your way into something stable that will help you move forward. Please post when you can.
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Originally Posted by awuh1
i feel only god can help me at this point.
You might just be right. All the best to you.
You might just be right. All the best to you.
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Good luck Justfor1 - Thanks for sharing and I think this is a good step. Start with detox - you'll have plenty of time to plan your future, let's just make sure you make it through that door. Sounds like you've made a good decision, stick to it and stay the course pal.
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Originally Posted by Justfor1
No offense to the SR crowd or even personal AA friends but it just hasn't worked. i suppose it works for a while. Usually 6 months sometimes almost 1 year but the ending is same. I end up drunk n crazy.
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Originally Posted by Justfor1
No offense to the SR crowd or even personal AA friends but it just hasn't worked. i suppose it works for a while. Usually 6 months sometimes almost 1 year but the ending is same. I end up drunk n crazy.
Imagine had the craziness been in all that clean time too.
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Originally Posted by Justfor1
No offense to the SR crowd or even personal AA friends but it just hasn't worked. i suppose it works for a while. Usually 6 months sometimes almost 1 year but the ending is same. I end up drunk n crazy.
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I am glad to see you going to get help. There are many ways to achieve and maintain sobriety as I know that you already know. Since you want to try church this time perhaps check out Celebrate Recovery.
Keep us posted. We really DO care and want to see you make it.
Keep us posted. We really DO care and want to see you make it.
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Good luck JF1. I'm very familiar with what your going through. After a long period in AA and not being successful My thinking was that it doesn't work also. I was told in a very firm way that it works fine but I'm not working it well at all. That opened my eyes and started doing what was suggested, often with early resentments. I needed to let go and follow others with more years than I thought possible to attain. A biggie I needed to concentrate on was the shite fairy in my head saying things that were no good for my health. GOOD LUCK AND BE WELL
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Just4!, this is great news!! You are making the right choice, I would listen to the drs, your way is not working (mine didnt either). Best to be safe and when your heads clearer maybe you could rethink the rehab thing, it could be what saves you in the long wrong.
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