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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Hello...My name is Frank..I have been battling Alcoholism for the last six years. I'm 46 now and it has been hell !. Despite numerous hospitalisations, detoxes and rehabs, I continue to go off the rails every three to six months...Although I did obtain 12 months sobriety at one stage..I'm a binge drinker...
I still dont understand any of this, as I seem to go off the rails when everything is going well...So i have taken the decision to go on antibuse..which I have been taking for the last two weeks. I understand is not the answer but I have tried everything else...
Anyway its great to be here :lame:
I still dont understand any of this, as I seem to go off the rails when everything is going well...So i have taken the decision to go on antibuse..which I have been taking for the last two weeks. I understand is not the answer but I have tried everything else...
Anyway its great to be here :lame:
greeneyedjul
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 86
Welcome!
Hi Frank,
Glad you are here. I've got 10 day's and the folks here helped me out through it. They are a great bunch and have so much support to offer. You aren't alone in this. Best wishes to you and keep coming back... I visit here at least once a day to read and share...it works if you work it. I'll be pulling for you!
P.S. Lame? Hardly. You are doing what you need to do for now and then the rest will come.
Glad you are here. I've got 10 day's and the folks here helped me out through it. They are a great bunch and have so much support to offer. You aren't alone in this. Best wishes to you and keep coming back... I visit here at least once a day to read and share...it works if you work it. I'll be pulling for you!
P.S. Lame? Hardly. You are doing what you need to do for now and then the rest will come.
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Toronto,Ontario
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Hey Frank and welcome !
I am 29, and an alcoholic. When it comes to relapse patterns - I am similar to you, as I would binge from time to time... Plan on talking to my doctor about antibuse this week myself - here is a good link :
http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-a02.html
TG28
I am 29, and an alcoholic. When it comes to relapse patterns - I am similar to you, as I would binge from time to time... Plan on talking to my doctor about antibuse this week myself - here is a good link :
http://www.mentalhealth.com/drug/p30-a02.html
TG28
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Hi Frank! Welcome to SR!! This is a great place, full of experience, strength, and hope! Keep working your program and talk to your sponsor. We can beat this thing together. I know my life has changed for the better. Never would have thought it could be this good!!
Hugs to you,
Missy
Hugs to you,
Missy
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Beaver, WA
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((((((Frank))))))) Look forward to catching up with you in chatroom. Keep posting and please know you are not alone. Plenty of others here in SR have been binge drinkers and some of us even went BEYOND. We made it out from the Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration and Despair. So can you.
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Hi Frank,
Welcome to sober recovery!! I'm glad you've recognized you have a problem. You're not alone. I'm one of those and BEYOND drinkers 3legs mentioned. I drank because it had become a physical need, I couldn't function without it. The progression it takes still amazes me. Alcohol takes over lives and then ruins them. You're quite on the mark when you mention how you drink when things are going well. Well, we need to bugger things up some how. It's a common pattern for alkies to throw a monkey wrench in, on important dates or events or...just becasue we felt we'd earned it. Good luck on your recovery and stick around and share and draw strength from others.
Take care,
Talia
Welcome to sober recovery!! I'm glad you've recognized you have a problem. You're not alone. I'm one of those and BEYOND drinkers 3legs mentioned. I drank because it had become a physical need, I couldn't function without it. The progression it takes still amazes me. Alcohol takes over lives and then ruins them. You're quite on the mark when you mention how you drink when things are going well. Well, we need to bugger things up some how. It's a common pattern for alkies to throw a monkey wrench in, on important dates or events or...just becasue we felt we'd earned it. Good luck on your recovery and stick around and share and draw strength from others.
Take care,
Talia
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