eyeblink

Hi, I'm a 24 year old girl who is a complete mess of a person. I am unhealthy and a drunk who is unemployed. I do not simply over drink one in a while; I get black out drunk frequently. I completely embarrass myself to the point where most people decide they would rather not be friends with me. I have embarrassed my boyfriend to the point in which I would consider it abusive.

There has been multiple times I have tried to quit, but this time I need to find a way to make sobriety permanent. I need to recover or I will lose everone. Hopefully I will find the support I need here.

Dee74

I'm sure you will, eyeblink - Welcome

do you have any ideas on a recovery plan?

there are some great links here:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ery-plans.html

D

stevepearce

Hi and welcome eyeblink. You have found a really great site to help you stop drinking. Read ! Post ! Stick around !

Mountainmanbob

This may be the perfect place for you.
I have seen many sober up here and many others stay sober here.
Things will change fast in your life
if you make a (firm) decision not to drink anymore.

The stories told here on site and in AA of lives changed are to be sure (amazing ones.)

M-Bob

Soberwolf

Welcome Eyeblink

Zebra1275

Welcome. As Dee says, you need to make a plan as to how you are going to get sober.

least

Welcome to the family. You'll find lots of support here for getting sober for good.

Bird615

Welcome to SR, eyeblink!

You don't have to live that way anymore if you don't want to.

There's lots of support and information here for you.

SoberLife90

Plenty of people need to recovery. If you want to recover it is going to require work on your part. With recovery you get what you put in. If ya put in half assed work you will get half assed recovery. You ever think of going to some meetings? One of the best things about meetings in my opinion is speaking with other like minded individuals. You don't have to do this alone. Keep coming back here!

HighDraw18

Welcome.

Good luck.

Ghostlight1

Hello and welcome to the site. You'll find lots of support here.
I was a mess of a drunk, too. Nothing could stop me from getting drunk. If I had to lie, I did. If had to steal, I did. I was a wastrel and of no use or service to anyone besides my self serving self.

I blacked out a lot, too. I was also abusive to my girlfriends and other friends. I alienated everyone in my life. And you know what? I didn't care All I cared about is where my next drink was coming from. I embarrassed myself through my selfishness of being a constant drunk many times
No one wanted to know me except other drunks.

I did lose everything. Several times.
There is hope. Many people find AA helpful. I did.
It is possible to get sober, but it takes action. Coming here, AA or another recovery program.

I hope you can find a way. Many of us here have.
I wish you the best.

SoberHoopsFan

You sound like me at 24, only I did nothing to try to stop it for another 9 years. Your 20s can disappear in a blink if you keep at it in this fashion, believe me I know.

Welcome aboard, congrats on being proactive and realizing the time is now to change.

Hevyn

Eyeblink - be proud that you've come here to reclaim your life. I wasn't ready to admit I needed to quit in my 20's. I continued for many more years with terrible results. This won't happen to you. Keep posting and reading - we care.

Thumpalumpacus

Welcome to SR, 'Blink, and congratulations on taking the first step: Recognition and admission of our problem.

We're here together, for each other.

D122y

Eye,

Respect that booze is powerfully addictive.

It is legal. It permeates our world.

I have decided to not be a negative statistic.

I quit forever. It is the best way.

Educated. 9 months clean.

Alcohol is poison. Don't believe the hype.

loulou1981

Welcome eyeblink, ur in the right place to get alot of support & advice

thomas11

Welcome eyeblink. There are many people here that can, and will, help you along the way. You've taken the all important first step. The desire to change.

emme99

Hi & Welcome eyeblink

eyeblink

HI Dee74, thanks for sending me the link. It will take some time to go through everything thoroughly, but from what I've read so far gave me a different out look of sobriety. My previous attempts were all based on sheer will power, and it was exhausting! Now I'm starting to think of all the possible obstacles, and this allows me to find methods of overcoming said obstacles.

eyeblink

You are absolutely correct! I guess in the past I've always thought that simply not drinking was enough, but now I'm starting to realize there is a lot more work than that in order for my recovery to be successful.