New here & need support
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New here & need support
I have finally decided that I need to get help. I can go months & months without drinking at all, but when I do go out, which isn't often, if I drink 3 or more drinks, I can't stop. I just keep drinking WAY past the point of being drunk, and I often end up throwing up and not remembering what the hell happened the next day. I know I am a binge drinker, which I know is a form of alcoholism. I really need support from people who have the same issue, I need to just stop drinking period.
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hi bingedrinker 
You'll find a lot of support here.
I started off like you - unfortunately I couldn't find a way around my problem of control...I just drank more and ended up an all day everyday drinker.
The only solution I found was to not drink at all.
I'm glad you're looking at your problem now
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You'll find a lot of support here.
I started off like you - unfortunately I couldn't find a way around my problem of control...I just drank more and ended up an all day everyday drinker.
The only solution I found was to not drink at all.
I'm glad you're looking at your problem now
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Welcome to SR
This is my experience:
I too was a binge drinker for a long time. Over the years though it came to the point of when I was able to control my drinking I could not enjoy it and when I enjoyed my drinking I had no control over it and usually wound up either getting in trouble or making a fool out of myself. From there I progressed to full blown alcoholism which made my life completely unmanageable.
This is my experience:
I too was a binge drinker for a long time. Over the years though it came to the point of when I was able to control my drinking I could not enjoy it and when I enjoyed my drinking I had no control over it and usually wound up either getting in trouble or making a fool out of myself. From there I progressed to full blown alcoholism which made my life completely unmanageable.
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Originally Posted by nandm 
Welcome to SR
This is my experience:
I too was a binge drinker for a long time. Over the years though it came to the point of when I was able to control my drinking I could not enjoy it and when I enjoyed my drinking I had no control over it and usually wound up either getting in trouble or making a fool out of myself. From there I progressed to full blown alcoholism which made my life completely unmanageable.
This is my experience:
I too was a binge drinker for a long time. Over the years though it came to the point of when I was able to control my drinking I could not enjoy it and when I enjoyed my drinking I had no control over it and usually wound up either getting in trouble or making a fool out of myself. From there I progressed to full blown alcoholism which made my life completely unmanageable.
ditto!!
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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No need to hit "rock bottom"
I couldn't control my drinking, so I drank alone-a closet drunk. I admire you for asking for help now-- admitting that you have a problem is the first step. There's no need for you to hit "rock bottom" as so many of us do; lose everything, everyone, in order to recognize that finally that we need help.
I have been in treatment on three separate occasions since I was 30 years old (I am 47). I had 8 years of sobriety at one time, then two, now I've been able to put 10 months straight together.
Do it now before you waste your whole life wishing you had.
If you need any help, I will be here, along with these other wonderful people and their wonderful stories.
I have been in treatment on three separate occasions since I was 30 years old (I am 47). I had 8 years of sobriety at one time, then two, now I've been able to put 10 months straight together.
Do it now before you waste your whole life wishing you had.
If you need any help, I will be here, along with these other wonderful people and their wonderful stories.
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