Inca

Hi- I already know what you're going to say, and I wish I didn't ask.

Drinking and doing the steps don't work out so well do they?

I feel so much anxiety and pain trying to do what I figured would be a simple program. Please set me right, I need it!

Sapling

It's a simple program for complicated people Inca...Can't do them while you're drinking...Don't drink and carry on. Don't beat yourself up....Move forward!

sissy07

Inca,

Come on.....keep trying. The first thing to do is to quit drinking today....you can do it.

scrambled2012

The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

Unless you're a tribal leader 1000 years ago...they got carried around everywhere

Inca

Thank you for your kind advice. It's tough, and I know I need to just be strong and stop beating up on myself. Sometimes I feel like I need someone standing over my head with a bat telling me "you don't want to do this so why are you". Actually that's worked many of times! Hmm, how do I enlist someone to do that? Isolation is not the answer, I know that!

IndaMiricale

I had to fully understand that drinking just isnt a option.

2granddaughters

Hello Inca:

Early on, I had to get down on my knees and ask God to help me just WANT to quit drinking.

I have not found a reason to drink from that day in 1989.

Commit to AA ... don't just be involved. All the best !!

Bob R

DisplacedGRITS

It took me turing my cravings over to a Higher Power. I have no idea what it is but when i have a crave i just ball it up and think about giving it away to the universe where it disperses and becomes part of the fabric of life again. My crave came from something external, it internalized in me and i gave it back. A crave that stays internal feeds my addiction and leads to a drink and puts me and the fabric of life around me out of balance. For life to be in balance, i have to give back what was given to me. Thinking about it that way helps me. I hope maybe it helps you too.