sick and tired
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sick and tired
hi, have spent the last 35 years as a heavy drinker. many good times more bad. would love to quit problem is every friend i have drinks, and after 35 years everything revolves around drinking. anxiety is awful. tried aa a couple of times just not for me the smell of vodka just turned me off. no kidding. any thoughts or suggestions?????????????????????? thanks.................
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Welcome Mac59
Not sure I'm understanding your post right, are you suggesting that the folk in your AA meeting were drinking or had drunk Vodka ?
If that is the case I'd suggest you give it another go perhaps, I would have thought that you may be wrong in your thoughts that they were.
Not in AA myself, but reading posts on here, it has been a massive help to an awful lot of people.
Carol's right about seeking medical help.
Good luck
Not sure I'm understanding your post right, are you suggesting that the folk in your AA meeting were drinking or had drunk Vodka ?
If that is the case I'd suggest you give it another go perhaps, I would have thought that you may be wrong in your thoughts that they were.
Not in AA myself, but reading posts on here, it has been a massive help to an awful lot of people.
Carol's right about seeking medical help.
Good luck
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Not my place to comment, don't go to AA.
If thats all thats putting you off though, maybe give it another chance, different meeting maybe, just a suggestion.
I've been posting on here just over 3 months ( that in itself has been a big help ) and read a lot of posts mentioning AA, never read that as being a problem before.
Whichever way you go though, I wish you all the best and a speedy safe recovery.
If thats all thats putting you off though, maybe give it another chance, different meeting maybe, just a suggestion.
I've been posting on here just over 3 months ( that in itself has been a big help ) and read a lot of posts mentioning AA, never read that as being a problem before.
Whichever way you go though, I wish you all the best and a speedy safe recovery.
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With friends like that you might have to plan new activities, new venues or new times when you see them. I know that I have some friends that I can't go to the bar with because they get so rowdy drunk that you'd have to be as well to tolerate them. So I make plans with them for lunch, to go record shopping, things we all do sober.
Any friend worth the title would not want to see you in a position of doing harm to yourself. If they gave you grief for, say, "not letting us kick you in the groin all night" it'd sound, obviously, ludicrous. Yet, a kick in the groin and feeding beers to an alcoholic leads more or less to the same result, pain and discomfort. I don't know anything about your friends of course...
As per AA. I didn't like AA. I had a lot of good meetings, to be sure, but more bad ones than I thought were necessary. But I know a lot of successful "old timers" started off with that attitude.
There's no one perfect solution. You kind of have to shop around and be a little creative.
Any friend worth the title would not want to see you in a position of doing harm to yourself. If they gave you grief for, say, "not letting us kick you in the groin all night" it'd sound, obviously, ludicrous. Yet, a kick in the groin and feeding beers to an alcoholic leads more or less to the same result, pain and discomfort. I don't know anything about your friends of course...
As per AA. I didn't like AA. I had a lot of good meetings, to be sure, but more bad ones than I thought were necessary. But I know a lot of successful "old timers" started off with that attitude.
There's no one perfect solution. You kind of have to shop around and be a little creative.
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