Quitting for good
Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Colorado
Posts: 796
Good luck quiting for good this time.
I don't know how much you drank, but it is often best to see a doctor and be brutaly honest about your drinking. You won't be telling him anything he hasn't heard before, so don't be ashamed.
Also, in person support groups can help. They also understand.
You've got a whole new wonderful world waiting for you out there. I hope you find it.
Best to you, and keep us posted.
I don't know how much you drank, but it is often best to see a doctor and be brutaly honest about your drinking. You won't be telling him anything he hasn't heard before, so don't be ashamed.
Also, in person support groups can help. They also understand.
You've got a whole new wonderful world waiting for you out there. I hope you find it.
Best to you, and keep us posted.
Re-Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Posts: 7,583
Abby congrats!
Have you gotten with a group that has meetings like AA for face to face support? Counseling? Sometimes all one needs is a step you have already made by joining us here. What you will see repeated over and over is "what are you doing for your recovery plan?" If you don't have one yet don't be intimidated by that question. It sounds that, like me, you can also count on your family for support. I had that good fortune too.
If you want to finally do it once and for all as I did, after I quit daily for years unsuccessfully like you did, get your doc in the loop with a real and honest count of what you drink at worst and more to the point get help from your doc for detox. It can get nasty and life threatening. If doing it on your own don't hesitate to go to the ER if you start having scary withdrawal symptoms.
What I always did, what I had always done, when trying to quit, as expected I always got the same results. So I did all of the above and then some. I hope you do too, what works for you!
Have you gotten with a group that has meetings like AA for face to face support? Counseling? Sometimes all one needs is a step you have already made by joining us here. What you will see repeated over and over is "what are you doing for your recovery plan?" If you don't have one yet don't be intimidated by that question. It sounds that, like me, you can also count on your family for support. I had that good fortune too.
If you want to finally do it once and for all as I did, after I quit daily for years unsuccessfully like you did, get your doc in the loop with a real and honest count of what you drink at worst and more to the point get help from your doc for detox. It can get nasty and life threatening. If doing it on your own don't hesitate to go to the ER if you start having scary withdrawal symptoms.
What I always did, what I had always done, when trying to quit, as expected I always got the same results. So I did all of the above and then some. I hope you do too, what works for you!
Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 29
The only requirement is the desire to stop drinking. Welcome to the club...we are not a glum lot by any means. Sounds like you have reached that "jumping" off point...so come on in the water is warm. Take it day by day, if you don't like it after a year you can get a 100% misery back guarantee.
bona fido dog-lover
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,756
Welcome to the family.
I hope we can help you as much as this site has helped me. I just celebrated two years sober with the help of the members here and my wonderful addiction counselor.
I hope we can help you as much as this site has helped me. I just celebrated two years sober with the help of the members here and my wonderful addiction counselor. 
Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 31,179
(((Abby))) - welcome to SR!! I found that quitting wasn't really the hard part, it was not picking back up. However, SR has been a huge part of my recovery, and it's been a long, long time since I picked up.
You can do this, and you deserve a life without all the stuff that drinking brings with it.
Hugs and prayers,
Amy
You can do this, and you deserve a life without all the stuff that drinking brings with it.
Hugs and prayers,
Amy
Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Newburgh
Posts: 868
Welcome Abbynorml! Love that user name. I think we are all a little abnormal. You can do this if you really, really want it. Great advice and experience on this site. It has been a HUGE help. AA has saved my life. Give it a try.
God Bless
God Bless
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 13
Thank you all for your support! I have been to aa, on and off for years. Have been to rehab, inpatient once and outpatient twice. And my doc knows just how bad it has been for me, she is a great support. Despite all of this, *sigh*, I cant seem to put more than a few days together.
But I will keep trying.
But I will keep trying.
Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: toronto canada
Posts: 181
its not the number of times we fall that we can admit failure ..its the time we dont try to get back on our feet that we fail..
get up one more time than you fell down and you are a success.
welcome abby..
great people here
get up one more time than you fell down and you are a success.
welcome abby..
great people here
Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Washington
Posts: 456
Welcome to the great journey!
I still haven't quit forever. Forever is a long time and I can't comprehend it. It seems daunting!
I have quit just for today over 300 days in a row now. And tomorrow I'll wake up and make that same pledge to myself. No matter what kind of day it is - I can make it 24 hours.
I still haven't quit forever. Forever is a long time and I can't comprehend it. It seems daunting!
I have quit just for today over 300 days in a row now. And tomorrow I'll wake up and make that same pledge to myself. No matter what kind of day it is - I can make it 24 hours.
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 13
Originally Posted by Tigger41 
Hi Abby - I hope you find that this is the time. My son asked me to stop - that's what finally did it for me. I'm at 6 weeks - you can do this!
Young Frankenstein? Abby Normal?
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