Notices

We should have known we were in trouble when ...

Old 01-23-2012, 10:07 AM
  # 1 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 69
We should have known we were in trouble when ...

- we began expanding our drinking spots/liquor stores to avoid too frequent visits to any one place

- we began monitoring our drinking in public and compensating in private

- we began making excuses to get out of going out in order to stay home and drink

- we became increasingly defensive to claims that we were losing control

- our bosses suddenly became unfair in their treatment of us

- our significant others/spouses were not understanding/supportive as they were before

- our kids were becoming too demanding

- the barkeeps understood us better than our friends

- others?
NoHo is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 10:12 AM
  # 2 (permalink)  
Member
 
bostonluv's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 1,733
I should have known I was in trouble when my hangovers lasted longer then a day......

I should have known I was in trouble when I would avoid activities where drinking wasn't involved.........

I should have known I was in trouble when I'd start looking at the clock around 4 pm and planning what I would drink that night instead of what I would eat.

I should have known I was in trouble when I'd rather be alone with a drink then be out with a friend not drinking.
bostonluv is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 10:12 AM
  # 3 (permalink)  
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Between Meetings
Posts: 8,997
We kept what we liked to drink...Where only we could find it.
Sapling is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 10:20 AM
  # 4 (permalink)  
Member
 
ownmybehavior's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: North FLA
Posts: 115
- Searching for volume discount purchases at liquor store ie Captain Morgan by the case to save.

- Above said liquor store has a frequent purchaser card that occupied a prominent spot in my wallet.

- Blackouts became more and more frequent with seemingly lower and lower amounts of alcohol.

- When your day begins to revolve around planning for how you will be drinking later afternoon and evening not spending time with loved ones.

Time for me to clean up my mess.
ownmybehavior is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 10:20 AM
  # 5 (permalink)  
Member
 
Elisabeth888's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,635
We drank during work hours
We got multiple DUIs
Elisabeth888 is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 10:35 AM
  # 6 (permalink)  
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 352
I should have know i was in trouble when:
- i didn't listen at all when my ex threatened to leave because of drinking, then eventually did..
= when i first googled Alcoholism, found this site years ago, yet kept on drinking.
= when i started hiding stashes of mickeys throughout the house, thinking i was so clever..
= when i first noticed the shakes, and justified them, then took a morning drink to calm the nerves.
= when I started hitting different liquor stores, because God forbid, the clerks think I was alcoholic...
losteverything is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 10:40 AM
  # 7 (permalink)  
~sb
 
sugarbear1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: MD
Posts: 15,951
the first time I prayed to the porcelin god....(got ill from my hangover and bargained with God-"God, help me, I'll never drink that much again!")
sugarbear1 is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 10:49 AM
  # 8 (permalink)  
Member
 
1undone's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 1,028
Known....

  1. When I woke up drunk the next day and didn't remember driving to work
  2. When health problems became more and more pronounced
  3. When I drank almost a gallon of wine a night
  4. When it caused me to gain weight
  5. When I'd wake up to broken glass and wonder how it got there
  6. When the recycle bin was embarrassing
  7. When my husband told me he was going to ALANON
  8. When I started to go through withdrawl every day at 4:30
1undone is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 11:05 AM
  # 9 (permalink)  
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Toronto
Posts: 205
Hiding it - "Just running out to the store" grab beer but bring my own bag so if I was seen walking into the house nobody would assume it was beer. Then go drink it alone until blacked out.
MustStop is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 11:39 AM
  # 10 (permalink)  
Member
 
sarah1414's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 400
When I threw away bottles of wine into the garbage because I was "done" drinking, then went through the garbage the next day to dig them out.

Has anyone else done that??? Who does that?? An addict.
sarah1414 is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 11:50 AM
  # 11 (permalink)  
Powerless over Alcohol
 
IndaMiricale's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Trudging the Road to Happy Destiny!
Posts: 4,018
All the above and when I chose to sleep on a grate in the street instead of going home to a beautiful home with a loving woman.
IndaMiricale is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 12:00 PM
  # 12 (permalink)  
Member
 
GirlFromCO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,071
Oh lord, this could get interesting. I'm afraid to share my "should have known" stories, lol. Or, I should say, "I knew" stories.
GirlFromCO is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 12:20 PM
  # 13 (permalink)  
Member
 
Dazee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Central Texas
Posts: 223
Many of these plus
- waking up sore and bruised from falling, stumbling, or who knows and not remembering what happened.
Dazee is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 12:21 PM
  # 14 (permalink)  
Member
 
Dazee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Central Texas
Posts: 223
Many of these plus
- waking up sore and bruised from falling, stumbling, or who knows and not remembering what happened.
Dazee is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 12:30 PM
  # 15 (permalink)  
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Toronto
Posts: 205
Skipping meals or purposely eating the bare minimum so you can begin drinking

Waking up in the middle of the night, seeing there is still booze left and drinking it

Going home after a date or night without any drinking and getting plastered by yourself

Saying you are going to sleep but really staying up all night drinking

Hiding empties in the trunk of your car or hiding them in general around the house
MustStop is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 01:09 PM
  # 16 (permalink)  
Re-Tread
 
Fallow's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Meditation
Posts: 1,300
- i woke up in jail not knowing the extent of the charges

- i swore not to drink after jail and made only 30 days

- i got increasingly angrier and violent when drunk

- i woke up in bed not remembering how i got home only to find out I drove
Fallow is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 01:37 PM
  # 17 (permalink)  
*Grateful*
 
Lily's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,619
I can relate to most of these, just substituting pills...however instead of throwing away bottles of wine to retrieve I would flush the pills and then be SUPER DUPER bummed out cuz they were long gone. One time my husband threw my pills away in our corn field and i went back a few days later looking for them but they had melted away in the rain. UGH! so glad those days are gone.
Lily is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 01:47 PM
  # 18 (permalink)  
Member
 
Opivotal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: New York
Posts: 35,731
Drunken phone calls

Buying wine by the case....telling the clerk, I was having a Party!

Trying to control my drinking....marking the bottle.

Lying... no I'm not drinking!

Sneaking...putting Vodka in a water bottle.

Switching from Vodka to wine so I would drink less.

Spending most days in drunken blackouts.

Drinking as soon as I woke up.

Hands shaking so bad, not able to sign credit card receipt.
Opivotal is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 01:59 PM
  # 19 (permalink)  
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Toronto
Posts: 205
I remember signing something at my old workplace (or at least tried to). Co-worker saw my hand shaking all over the place and looked up at me with those eye's...like "you aren't OK". But of course you just brush it off and forget it even happened.

Another was being hungover and putting on a smile trying to deal with clients, it was so hard to even formulate proper sentences and I would routinely screw up words and say the wrong things as my brain was just a cloudy, foggy, mess.
MustStop is offline  
Old 01-23-2012, 02:02 PM
  # 20 (permalink)  
Choosing Life
 
desertsong's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,435
1. The first thing I needed to do when I woke up in the morning was to have a shot or two of whiskey just to stop the shakes.

2. The second thing I needed to do when I woke up in the morning was to check my Facebook and emails to see what madness ensued while I was blacked out the night before.

3. The third thing I needed to do was find out what I did to my family the night before so that I could apologize and promise to do "better."

4. Wash, rinse, and repeat.
desertsong is offline  

Currently Active Users Viewing this Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:34 AM.