It's like I'm waiting to hit Rock Bottom...
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
Hi JDM
I was living your life - I ended up nearly dying from my drinking.
That's not a path I recommend.
A bottom is not an event - it's a decision that you want to stop digging the hole you're in.
Coming here is a great start - SR helped me turn my life around.
I know we can help you do the same
You might have to break cover a little tho - I really recommend you go and see your Dr and be honest with them.
Detox can be rough for some of us.
D
I was living your life - I ended up nearly dying from my drinking.
That's not a path I recommend.
A bottom is not an event - it's a decision that you want to stop digging the hole you're in.
Coming here is a great start - SR helped me turn my life around.
I know we can help you do the same
You might have to break cover a little tho - I really recommend you go and see your Dr and be honest with them.
Detox can be rough for some of us.
D
I've picked up the phone and dialled my doctor so many times and hung up. It's a family doctor and no-one knows I'm in this mess. But that said, posting here feels liberating, I've never spoken to anyone on this level before. I guess it's easier because yall don't know me and aren't judging me. Maybe, this is what I've needed, maybe I can call the doctor... hope I still feel this way tommorro.
Originally Posted by ersatzmatriarch
hi jack, and welcome to SR!
a lot of good stuff here already, i just wanted to chime in.
my bottom wasn't as far down as i know things can get, and i will forever be grateful i stopped when i did. my health was really starting to slip. i could keep the house and kids running, but everyday i hurt like hell, and i was unable to actually engage with my family (i was more like a zombie just doing some of the next few things on a daily list.)
i think, though, that the things that really knocked some sense into me was realizing, after more attempts than i can count, that i could not stop drinking. i had to keep drinking because it hurt too much not to drink. that scared the stink out of me.
i found SR, made a plan, and have been sober almost 3 months now... and i could not be happier (even today, when i'm going through a minor episode of PAWS.)
i hope you stick around here... keep reading and posting, and know that getting sober can be done!
a lot of good stuff here already, i just wanted to chime in.
my bottom wasn't as far down as i know things can get, and i will forever be grateful i stopped when i did. my health was really starting to slip. i could keep the house and kids running, but everyday i hurt like hell, and i was unable to actually engage with my family (i was more like a zombie just doing some of the next few things on a daily list.)
i think, though, that the things that really knocked some sense into me was realizing, after more attempts than i can count, that i could not stop drinking. i had to keep drinking because it hurt too much not to drink. that scared the stink out of me.
i found SR, made a plan, and have been sober almost 3 months now... and i could not be happier (even today, when i'm going through a minor episode of PAWS.)
i hope you stick around here... keep reading and posting, and know that getting sober can be done!
Originally Posted by EndGameNYC
Many of us didn't have that luxury. I simply could no longer function following my relapse. That doesn't mean you have to wait until it's a life-and-death fest.
PS - I'd like to reply to everyone but I will soon become incoherent
Just ty all for your lovely inspiring truthful messages. It means a lot in this lonely situation I am in.
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I wanted it to get worse. I wanted it to get so bad that someone would ride in and make it all better.
And then I realized that they'd all left and the only one who could make it better was me.
And then I realized that they'd all left and the only one who could make it better was me.
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Hi Jack, I'm pretty new too, 54 days today. I like the quote by Dee, "sobriety is not an event, it's a decision".
For me, I picked up the phone and went and saw a therapist who specializes in addiction. She helped me get on the road. I tend to isolate, so that was a big deal to me, and I am so so grateful that I did it.
The fear of sobriety was worse than the actuality. I thought I couldn't live without alcohol, but I wasn't "living". I always found a way to be active in my drinking, this was the first step for me to be active in my recovery.
For me, I picked up the phone and went and saw a therapist who specializes in addiction. She helped me get on the road. I tend to isolate, so that was a big deal to me, and I am so so grateful that I did it.
The fear of sobriety was worse than the actuality. I thought I couldn't live without alcohol, but I wasn't "living". I always found a way to be active in my drinking, this was the first step for me to be active in my recovery.
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