Hi - need some support :(
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Hi - need some support :(
Hi Everyone 
Im fed up - drinking over two bottles of wine a night.Just got to get sober !!!!
I am here at my officer computer feeling again terrible and cannot be bothered about anything
Wife and kids think I am a drunk,useless waste of time and i have to admit there bloody right
how the hell do you do it - my life revolves around getting home to get a drink to feel normal...
Im fed up - drinking over two bottles of wine a night.Just got to get sober !!!!
I am here at my officer computer feeling again terrible and cannot be bothered about anything
Wife and kids think I am a drunk,useless waste of time and i have to admit there bloody right
how the hell do you do it - my life revolves around getting home to get a drink to feel normal...
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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you will get some good support here, trotter, welcome!
you know that your life revolving around booze isn't the way you want to live anymore...that's why you came here. it's a good start....keep comin' back!
you know that your life revolving around booze isn't the way you want to live anymore...that's why you came here. it's a good start....keep comin' back!
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Join Date: Feb 2013
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Trotter! We all have felt hopeless from our disease at one time or anther! You have taken the first step!!! Take it slow one minute at a time! call or come here and chat with someone if you feel a need to drink. Find some AA meetings and get peoples numbers they will be glad to help you!! Keep comin Back K1rk!!
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Hi Dee - Im not sure - i dont like the idea of telling people im a washout
i need to find something - been going on far too long this
Maybe I just knuckle down and not drink tonight
i need to find something - been going on far too long this
Maybe I just knuckle down and not drink tonight
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Join Date: Feb 2013
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Hi Trotter,
Admitting and knowing it can't go on is half the battle, the other half is not pouring that wine when you get home from work... it was always my first stop - fridge even before I'd got my coat off... look outside, it's a beautiful day in Sunny Lancashire, hope it's the same in Gloucestershire!, so try to keep busy and active and hopefully the urges to drink will pass then you can congratulate yourself one step at a time, lots of help and support on SR xxx
Admitting and knowing it can't go on is half the battle, the other half is not pouring that wine when you get home from work... it was always my first stop - fridge even before I'd got my coat off... look outside, it's a beautiful day in Sunny Lancashire, hope it's the same in Gloucestershire!, so try to keep busy and active and hopefully the urges to drink will pass then you can congratulate yourself one step at a time, lots of help and support on SR xxx
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You found here ,things will start to improve,honestly and you need a plan.
You may find your GP is really helpful , mine was ,I think most are as it's so much easier for them to have you open and sober.
I knew I had a problem from my early twenties and gave up last year and I'm 50.
It's not impossible and after some early wobbles life is so so so so much better and easier.
I had support from my wife but I had to prove I was doing it rather than talking and that helped.
Keep posting and remember never give up giving up!
You may find your GP is really helpful , mine was ,I think most are as it's so much easier for them to have you open and sober.
I knew I had a problem from my early twenties and gave up last year and I'm 50.
It's not impossible and after some early wobbles life is so so so so much better and easier.
I had support from my wife but I had to prove I was doing it rather than talking and that helped.
Keep posting and remember never give up giving up!
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Trotter, The reason some friends have suggested GP because, if one has been using alcohol for extremely long period of time and on regular basis, there are going to be withdrawal symptoms. Mild to Severe and some times really dangerous. Also, no matter how strong our resolve might be, we end up drinking because withdrawal symptoms can be very painful.. The GP will help you with proper medications to ease of the effects of withdrawal symptoms , you will be able to have a safe detox and chance of relapse will be reduced. You might find this reply as very silly reply but ask any of SR friends, who have recovered and they will tell you silly and simple things are sometimes solutions to the complex problems.
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I found that the only way I could get sober and stay sober was Alcoholics Anonymous.
I agree that to an alcoholic it is the last thing we want to do ... but it works.
All the best.
Bob R
I agree that to an alcoholic it is the last thing we want to do ... but it works.
All the best.
Bob R
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Pleased you are looking into AA trotter,I put off going for years,I got worse and worse,I could stop drinking but I could never stay stopped.
I called the helpline in desperation one May morning in 2003.It was the best call I ever made.I went to a meeting and have been going back ever since.
I called the helpline in desperation one May morning in 2003.It was the best call I ever made.I went to a meeting and have been going back ever since.
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Hi Trotter.
Like the others, I am walking this journey with you. Today is only my Day 2. And I completely get how you feel about telling others about yourself. But in the end? It's very empowering. It really is. I agree with others about talking with your GP. Asking for any help that you're comfortable with can only be a good thing. I'm glad you are looking for an AA meeting. At least see if it's something you think you can vibe with. Worst case? You come right back here if you need support to get through a craving. Okay?
You can do this. You can.
Like the others, I am walking this journey with you. Today is only my Day 2. And I completely get how you feel about telling others about yourself. But in the end? It's very empowering. It really is. I agree with others about talking with your GP. Asking for any help that you're comfortable with can only be a good thing. I'm glad you are looking for an AA meeting. At least see if it's something you think you can vibe with. Worst case? You come right back here if you need support to get through a craving. Okay?
You can do this. You can.
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