Since I can't be a big boy,
 

I'm going to the airport tomorrow and buying a ticket to Burbank. Its expensive, but it may very well keep me alive.

I'm assuming thats to go to a detox/rehab place, Jeff?

I think you might have just made the best decision of your life, man :)

Kudos - straight up :)

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going to meet up with my wife. Thanks Dee.

Good On You!! :)

What are you going to do when you get there? Perhaps you should call her first? I'm not certain you are in any shape to be travelling....definitely not driving.

That might be a good temporary fix, but your wife can't keep you sober . What will you do if she isn't around some day ?

I'll give my neighbor kid 20 bucks and He'll drive me to the airport. I'll just buy the ticket at the damn counter. I don't care at this point.

I talked to her earlier today, she knows what I'm up to.

I think detox would be a better option Jeff.

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You've made the same suggestions for other people on their threads when they've been a "mess." What's stopping you now?

Flying out to meet your wife rather than getting help? What's up with that?

ohhhh she can keep me sober. otherwise its a boot up my ass. God I love her to death. To death! she keeps me grounded. I'm shaking.

One word of advice. Don't get on the plane hammered. That sudden change of 36,000 feet in altitude will make you pass out. Trust me, I know from experience.

You get all light headed, start sweating like crazy, so decide you should go to the bathroom. Next thing you know, you're laying on the floor with a couple flight attendants over you, asking if you're ok because you collapsed.

If you go to detox/rehab you'll learn how to keep yourself sober Jeff. I think that's a skill you really need to acquire.

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I smell a rat

There is only one person that can keep you sober and that person is you. If you think your wife can keep you sober you will drink again. She can help, she can be a critical part of your recovery but keep you sober? Not a chance.

dude you need rehab your putting a bandaid on a busted artery.When I woke up at my last rehab I lookrd around and said oh **** im here.....best bad feeling I ever had...make the call your wife is not the answer....If you don't your not ready imo

What a terrible burden to put on your wife. No person has the power to keep someone else sober. Sometimes there is the ILLUSION of that power--to both people--but it isn't real, and it isn't lasting. Wouldn't it be better to learn how to LIVE sober so you don't need a babysitter 24/7?

Rehab? detox? NO WAY. I've been through alot worse. In fact I was on life support for 48 hours when I was younger. GHB, the chemist was all ****** up and didn't mix it right.

Jeff....our sobriety can't hinge on a person or our circumstances or our feelings! We are the only ones responsible for our sobriety. It isn't right to put that kind of pressure on our loved ones, anyway. I know you've heard this a hundred times here, but it's true.

This is what you tell yourself, both as an excuse to continue drinking and to avoid getting help.

All of us here, collectively, have read and heard, perhaps even done, such things thousands of times.

Knock it off and get help.