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Hello,
I'm new here and need support like you wouldn't believe! I'm a binge drinker, where I can go days without drinking and then after 4 or 5 days, give myself permission to drink. Then wonderful, beautiful days are lost due to a hangover, or brain fog. I'm still working but the times I've gone into work hungover are too numerous to count. Getting through a 7 and 1/2 hour day when you're hungover is absolute torture!!
I've been drinking for years and years, but have really 'stepped it up' within the last 2. I am ready to quit and take back my life, my confidence, and my looks and my finances! I'm 56 and the booze is aging me fast! I know I can beat this with help because 'cutting back' isn't working for me...I know I have to stop completely.
malmat
I'm new here and need support like you wouldn't believe! I'm a binge drinker, where I can go days without drinking and then after 4 or 5 days, give myself permission to drink. Then wonderful, beautiful days are lost due to a hangover, or brain fog. I'm still working but the times I've gone into work hungover are too numerous to count. Getting through a 7 and 1/2 hour day when you're hungover is absolute torture!!
I've been drinking for years and years, but have really 'stepped it up' within the last 2. I am ready to quit and take back my life, my confidence, and my looks and my finances! I'm 56 and the booze is aging me fast! I know I can beat this with help because 'cutting back' isn't working for me...I know I have to stop completely.
malmat
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Join Date: Mar 2017
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Hi Malmat-welcome to SR.
I can totally relate to you as we are the same age. Remembering those days of driving into Boston to work on a daily basis, hungover as hell and counting the minutes until it was time to go...and begin the madness all over again is one of the reasons I stopped drinking.
The aging part of alcoholism (especially for women) creeps up on us. One morning I looked at myself in the mirror and I couldn't believe the reflection that stared back at me: bloated face, bloodshot puffy eyes, hair a mess and spider veins on my cheeks. Not only that, but I had gained an incredible amount of weight. What happened to the beautiful woman I used to see staring back at me? The hangovers were becoming too hard for me to handle. Waking up with anxiety through the roof and trying to navigate through my day was unbearable. Even people at work were noticing.
You've made the right choice. It won't be easy, but nothing that is easy produces a drastic result. Trust me, if I can do it anyone can. Stay close to SR and learn as much as possible. The more time you get behind you and the more changes you make in your way of living, the easier it will be.
Good luck on your journey to freedom.
CT
I can totally relate to you as we are the same age. Remembering those days of driving into Boston to work on a daily basis, hungover as hell and counting the minutes until it was time to go...and begin the madness all over again is one of the reasons I stopped drinking.
The aging part of alcoholism (especially for women) creeps up on us. One morning I looked at myself in the mirror and I couldn't believe the reflection that stared back at me: bloated face, bloodshot puffy eyes, hair a mess and spider veins on my cheeks. Not only that, but I had gained an incredible amount of weight. What happened to the beautiful woman I used to see staring back at me? The hangovers were becoming too hard for me to handle. Waking up with anxiety through the roof and trying to navigate through my day was unbearable. Even people at work were noticing.
You've made the right choice. It won't be easy, but nothing that is easy produces a drastic result. Trust me, if I can do it anyone can. Stay close to SR and learn as much as possible. The more time you get behind you and the more changes you make in your way of living, the easier it will be.
Good luck on your journey to freedom.
CT
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Join Date: May 2018
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Hello malmat
I am in the same boat as you, just joined this site today. I am a binge drinker also and many times black out and feel even worse the next day. Im looking how to redirect my noon time urges on saturday to crack my first beer.. i know how your feeling, we can do this
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Welcome malmat, and you too Weak1 
This is a great community.
SR helped me turn my life around, and its members saved me from making some terrible mistakes.
If you need help - post about it, as often as you need - you're not alone
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This is a great community.
SR helped me turn my life around, and its members saved me from making some terrible mistakes.
If you need help - post about it, as often as you need - you're not alone
D
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Welcome, Malmat!
Cutting back doesn't work for us alcoholics. I think you will find it far easier to just stop and begin your sober life. You will be able to be the person you want to be!
Cutting back doesn't work for us alcoholics. I think you will find it far easier to just stop and begin your sober life. You will be able to be the person you want to be!
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