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Originally Posted by sunnys80
(Post 5709497)
AA just tell me to go to meetings but how can I waking up depressed, energy gone no motivation. If you want the insanity to stop there is a solution my friend. The big book of Alcoholics Anonymous talks about the chronic alcoholic. While you're deciding what to do with your life, I suggest you give the big book a read. TB |
Sunny, alcohol is a depressant and it also takes a huge toll on your body and will make you feel sluggish and unmotivated. The voice which lists all the "reasons" why you can't quit right now and how it's useless for you to even try is your addictive voice. This is the voice of the part of your brain which wants you to stay loaded. That's the same voice which told you it was a good idea to start drinking again or that you could just have one and this time would be different every time you relapsed. This voice is not you. We can give you suggestions and support you but you have to get into action and do the footwork. You can do it, we did and I am pretty sure that many on this board were far worst off than you are right now yet they managed to attain and maintain sobriety. Don't give up on yourself. |
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Originally Posted by sunnys80
(Post 5709359)
Samaritans are useless, I'm not suicidal was just asking for a refferal to a no or low cost detox. They couldn't help. It's simply not their job to refer you to a rehab or detox. here are some UK links & numbers that may be useful: The National Alcohol Helpline-UK - Tel: 0800 917 8282 Offers help to callers worried about their own drinking; support to the family and friends of people who are drinking; advice to callers on where to go for help. UK National AA Helpline 08457 697 555 Drinkline Drinkline runs a free, confidential helpline for people who are concerned about their drinking, or someone else's. Helpline: 0300 123 1110 FRANK https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/help-and-advice/ UK SMART Recovery Alcoholics Anonymous (Great Britain) Ltd - Home LifeRing UK - LifeRing Addaction Help and advice - Alcohol Concern and some NHS links Find Support services for alcohol addiction services - NHS Choices D |
Originally Posted by sunnys80
(Post 5708574)
Well looks as though it'll be cold turkey. I can't afford rehab and will be detoxifying at my ex girlfriends flat. Please contact your doctor & withdrawal safely. I know someone who tried to quit cold turkey & died at her home having a grand mal seizure. I'm praying for you! |
Hello Sunny :abcd: It is tough to say this, but Self-Pity is a pitiful self-defeating mental / emotional / spiritual drill that just keeps reinforcing the downward spiral of ... Self-Pity :e076: Like Timebuster said in a post above, the same energy spent running the drill of Self-Pity can be expended by taking that 1st one step in the right direction by calling one of the links given by Dee in his post above (and many other suggestions given in this thread). We who are posting are not 'better' than you ... we have recovered (doing the ongoing process of living life SOBER) ... and we KNOW :abce: that you can take the next 1st Step in the right direction ... then the next step that will only come after the 1st Step. RDBplus3 ... Happy, Joyous and FREE ... and I KNOW U can B 2 ... also ... AA is what worked for me ... Just make a call and be willing to let the process unfold |
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