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Well what can I say:
I've been drinking for the past couple of years almost on a daily basis it seems. I've gone weeks without alcohol and there are weeks when my whole week is filled with it. I've been to numerious AA meetings and they weren't for me. I need to change my lifestyle and alcohol seems to be the biggest problem. When I'm hung over, I don't work out and my diet suffers, as well. My work performance hasn't suffered yet but if I continue on this path, I'm sure I will lose it all. My friends and family have noticed some of changes but they have yet to tell me to my face. I think its time to get help before I destroy everything I've worked for the past couple of years. I'm still confused but needing help! Any help for someone like me?
Mike
I've been drinking for the past couple of years almost on a daily basis it seems. I've gone weeks without alcohol and there are weeks when my whole week is filled with it. I've been to numerious AA meetings and they weren't for me. I need to change my lifestyle and alcohol seems to be the biggest problem. When I'm hung over, I don't work out and my diet suffers, as well. My work performance hasn't suffered yet but if I continue on this path, I'm sure I will lose it all. My friends and family have noticed some of changes but they have yet to tell me to my face. I think its time to get help before I destroy everything I've worked for the past couple of years. I'm still confused but needing help! Any help for someone like me?
Mike
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Gulf Coast, TX
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Welcome Mike.
I know it may seem impossible now, but you can get there (should be done with the help of a doctor or facility), I could've died from seizure in the last few years of my drinking and during detox. Sobriety is worth it & you don't have to use AA if it doesn't work for you, there is a 'secular' forum here that can help i.e. Rational Recovery- AVRT, SMART & others. Just don't give up, I got 12 days clean back in April 2011 then relapsed for 4 months and drank myself to near death in September, that's when I finally saw the futility of the drink. I have not gone to an AA meeting (will if I really need to), but I have used the big book, speaker tapes and some of AVRT to help guide me into my new sober life.
Best wishes, a bad day sobriety beats my best day drunk.
I know it may seem impossible now, but you can get there (should be done with the help of a doctor or facility), I could've died from seizure in the last few years of my drinking and during detox. Sobriety is worth it & you don't have to use AA if it doesn't work for you, there is a 'secular' forum here that can help i.e. Rational Recovery- AVRT, SMART & others. Just don't give up, I got 12 days clean back in April 2011 then relapsed for 4 months and drank myself to near death in September, that's when I finally saw the futility of the drink. I have not gone to an AA meeting (will if I really need to), but I have used the big book, speaker tapes and some of AVRT to help guide me into my new sober life.
Best wishes, a bad day sobriety beats my best day drunk.
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Hi SilverIce and welcome!
I drank almost every day towards the end, too. Trying to cut back or stop on my own didn't work, which is how I ended up here.
There are lots of resources beside AA. You'll find some of them here:http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...formation.html
Some people use addiction counselors, psychiatrists, outpatient or inpatient treatment...... I think it's just a matter of finding what works for you. Glad you're here!
I drank almost every day towards the end, too. Trying to cut back or stop on my own didn't work, which is how I ended up here.
There are lots of resources beside AA. You'll find some of them here:http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...formation.html
Some people use addiction counselors, psychiatrists, outpatient or inpatient treatment...... I think it's just a matter of finding what works for you. Glad you're here!
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Australia
Posts: 5,711
I found doing a cost benefit analysis (SMART recovery helped getting me objective about what I was doing). The more you inform yourself on the problem and the options the better off you will be. We have all dealt with our own denial and rationalisations, it's a journey not a destination.
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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One thing I found really helpful was an honest talk with my doctor. It was not easy to bring up the subject and admit how much I was drinking, but once I did it was a relief to have it addressed as a medical issue, which in many ways it definitely is.
From that and a visit to a confidential counselor referred via my work health insurance, I got to outpatient rehab which gave me many resources and a lot of joy along the way!
I have since fallen by the wayside on my little road to health and sanity, but then picked myself up and continued the journey, a little dustier and slightly dinged up but with renewed commitment.
I hope you will too! Best wishes in whatever you decide to do.
From that and a visit to a confidential counselor referred via my work health insurance, I got to outpatient rehab which gave me many resources and a lot of joy along the way!
I have since fallen by the wayside on my little road to health and sanity, but then picked myself up and continued the journey, a little dustier and slightly dinged up but with renewed commitment.
I hope you will too! Best wishes in whatever you decide to do.
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Originally Posted by dawnrunner 
One thing I found really helpful was an honest talk with my doctor. It was not easy to bring up the subject and admit how much I was drinking, but once I did it was a relief to have it addressed as a medical issue, which in many ways it definitely is.
Thanks for your guy's warm welcome,
Mike
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