i need some help
 

I've gotten way too out of control. got taken to the hospital today because i was so drunk. :(

that is great you are reaching out for help this is a great place that helped my soberity. there is a chat room here too that you can talk to people. Stay sober!!

Hope that it will be a wake up call for you

I learned nothing from my first trip to the hospital
Be smarter than me

MM

I'm sorry you're struggling but I'm really glad you're back here lostgirl :)
Any ideas on what to do now?

D

Hi lostgirl. You're feeling low now, I'm sure, but you can take the next step and get sober. That should help you to feel better, especially as you rack up more sober time. Do you want to quit for good?

not sure what to do. its not the first time this has happened either. ii pretty much suck at life right now

I'm not smarter

Hi lostgirl, pleased you came back to talk to us, keep visiting and posting, you can do it.

I recommend being a regular contributor here. You'll learn a lot from what other people have done :)

I know it's near the end of the month, but why not join our Class of August support thread anyway? tons of support there :)

D

Well, believe me, it wasn't long ago that I also "sucked at life", big time. I won't blow smoke up your butt, it's not easy getting sober, and even when you do get sober, life doesn't turn into happy days, every day. But for me at least, I'm in a much better place sober than I ever was when I was actively drinking. I found the work and struggle to get sober well worth the effort.

My suggestion is to give the idea of sobriety some serious thought; I'm sure you deserve whatever good comes with sobriety.

I have been hospitalized 5 or 6 times directly due to alcohol consumption. Each time for something different. 3 times for injuries from drunken falls including a bad scalp laceration that needed 30 staples in my head to close. Other times for internal damage from excessive consumption like alcoholic hepatitis. I never learned.

I needed rehab to finally realize the extent of my alcoholism. I see a therapist once a week now to deal with the underlying issues that lead to self-medicating with alcohol.

Reaching out for help is the first step. This site is a big help but you may need to involve people close to you in life.

im glad i'm not the only one. i took a cab home after and I woke up with cops there trying to wake me up. ughh

how do i do this?

When I realized I could step off the crazy alcohol roller coaster by getting sober, I finally put my heart and soul into doing so. I fell more than a few times before I stopped, but I did not give up and it finally took hold. For some of us, we also have to be willing to reach out for help. Please do so if that's what it takes. As I said above, you're worth it.

I fall too much

I fell more times than I care to remember, never stop trying, Lostgirl.

i just need to start trying

love my life sometimes though. im just bored by myself

this happened this morning. who wakes up and starts drinking jameson?

the guy im dating is leaving in 2 months and just sends me to voicemail now. hate that

I would think most of us have but you can change it if you want. It takes effort and as Feenix says you have to get off and want to get off the crazy roller coaster.

First step is you have to want to do this for you.

:(

Hi lost girl sounds like life is awful due to you drinking I know the place your in where you don't want to drink but your drinking anyway my heart goes out to you

Just keep trying its not going to get better by continued drinking it will only get worse and then what ?

Seriously understand just do your best to get 24 h sober under your belt wishing you all the luck in the world

You amaze me by being at this stage of alcoholism and here you are posting trying to save your life

Hang in there keep trying your worth more than this

I agree, I can't imagine jameson in the morning. Now Jack Daniels and coke, THAT"S another story. That was my early morn drink of choice during my drinking days. I always preferred Jack Daniels and coke, usually somewhere between 7 and 8 am.

One suggestion. Try not to drink too much the night before your first sober day. You don't want to wake up with a bad case of the shakes, and hangover which just screams "have another drink". And when you have that am drink, very difficult to not have more. Just what seemed to work for me.

Welcome lostgirll...right now I am sure you feel like there is no way out of the bottom of those bottles. We've all been there.

If you want to be sober you have to put on your big girl pants and fight for your life. First step is to put down the drink. Bottom line - you can't be sober if you are drunk.

Sobriety is not easy and it is life-changing in many ways but all positive. It takes commitment and work and lots of challenging days but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Start walking toward it!

Best of luck ... and I agree - Jameson in the morning is not cool. Giant red flag along with the trip to the hospital. Stick around here and keep trying!! You are worth it!

Thanks. I guess we'll see. I go days without drinking so 24 hours is no big deal. It's just that when I do drink I don't stop. Going to make this happen though!! Thanks everybody :)

Hope it all goes well stay in touch keep posting

Today is a very low day for you, just be kind to yourself and get through it. Tomorrow you may have a better outlook- don't drink, make a plan for a sober day and come here as much as you need. In my first days, I was on this site for hours a day- just because it kept me focused on the goal- DO NOT DRINK. I also read books on recovery, books about people who were in recovery and learned about methods for recovery. It's all about really, truly wanting to change and then figuring out how to change. For me, that was to never drink again as of right NOW. Make the decision, and everything else follows.

Be strong. You can do this.

I act like a complete psycho to my boyfriend too. I'm completely sane when not drinking, I swear but I'm ******* crazy when I drink. I'm surprised he even still likes me at all

My exbf was a black belt in MA and I put the fear of God in him when I drank. And I was a notorious Blackout drunk. I will never do that to anyone ever again. You CAN do this Sobriety thing. Stay with us.

Bunnez