Cammie
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Join Date: Aug 2014
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Cammie
Hi there, this is my first post and I am at my wits end with my pathetic drinking. I try to stop over and over and it doesn't work. My life is great apart from alcohol. I need support and help from people who understand.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: United Kingdom.
Posts: 3,007
My problem was I could always stop drinking,but never stay stopped.
It helped me to understand it was the first drink that did the damage,never the last one.
I committed myself to staying away from the first drink,whatever happened.It worked and the days soon added up.It is not easy in the beginning but doable.
Wishing you well and look forward to hearing more from you.
It helped me to understand it was the first drink that did the damage,never the last one.
I committed myself to staying away from the first drink,whatever happened.It worked and the days soon added up.It is not easy in the beginning but doable.
Wishing you well and look forward to hearing more from you.
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 2,872
Hello and welcome.
I tried to stop a hundred times. It finally took for me to admit I was an alcoholic and couldn't stop on my own. Alcohol had taken over my life. I lived to drink. It was a pitiful existence- and that's all I was dong, existing.
I went to AA where I met people just like me and who understood my problem. But yet I still drank. I felt guilty when I did, though. Shameful knowing help was available and still a drunk.
I came here, but still drank.
Once I admitted to myself I was helpless when it came to alcohol was I able to quit.
That was three years eight months ago, and I haven't looked back.
Coming here helps me by reading posts like yours to know what it's still like 'out there'
It's a nightmare I never want to go back to. So thank you.
You'll find lots of support here. And remember how you feel now and realize you never have to feel that way again.
Best to you.
I tried to stop a hundred times. It finally took for me to admit I was an alcoholic and couldn't stop on my own. Alcohol had taken over my life. I lived to drink. It was a pitiful existence- and that's all I was dong, existing.
I went to AA where I met people just like me and who understood my problem. But yet I still drank. I felt guilty when I did, though. Shameful knowing help was available and still a drunk.
I came here, but still drank.
Once I admitted to myself I was helpless when it came to alcohol was I able to quit.
That was three years eight months ago, and I haven't looked back.
Coming here helps me by reading posts like yours to know what it's still like 'out there'
It's a nightmare I never want to go back to. So thank you.
You'll find lots of support here. And remember how you feel now and realize you never have to feel that way again.
Best to you.
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 67,047
Hi Cammie well done on making 1 of the best decisions of your life you won't regret it I promise
There is a great 24 h thread in the forum that will help with what your experiencing right now
All the best great decision once again good luck
Keep posting
There is a great 24 h thread in the forum that will help with what your experiencing right now
All the best great decision once again good luck
Keep posting
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Welcome Cammie! 
I felt the same way when I found SR. Being here I never had to feel alone or afraid. It was very encouraging to have people understand what I was going through - the way others in my life couldn't. I turned into a stranger when I drank too. It's so great to be free of it. Glad you are here.
I felt the same way when I found SR. Being here I never had to feel alone or afraid. It was very encouraging to have people understand what I was going through - the way others in my life couldn't. I turned into a stranger when I drank too. It's so great to be free of it. Glad you are here.
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