Notices

Since I can't be a big boy,

Old 05-24-2015, 05:05 PM
  # 1 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: MN
Posts: 8,704
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.
thomas11 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:07 PM
  # 2 (permalink)  
Administrator
 
Dee74's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,040
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

D
Dee74 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:12 PM
  # 3 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: MN
Posts: 8,704
going to meet up with my wife. Thanks Dee.
thomas11 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:19 PM
  # 4 (permalink)  
Member
 
RunnerBean's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 78
Good On You!!
RunnerBean is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:19 PM
  # 5 (permalink)  
Forum Leader
 
ScottFromWI's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 16,945
Originally Posted by thomas11 View Post
going to meet up with my wife. Thanks Dee.
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.
ScottFromWI is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:23 PM
  # 6 (permalink)  
...holds the key
 
brynn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Texas
Posts: 7,065
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 ?
brynn is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:23 PM
  # 7 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: MN
Posts: 8,704
Originally Posted by ScottFromWI View Post
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.
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.
thomas11 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:23 PM
  # 8 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: MN
Posts: 8,704
I talked to her earlier today, she knows what I'm up to.
thomas11 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:24 PM
  # 9 (permalink)  
Administrator
 
Dee74's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,040
I think detox would be a better option Jeff.

D
Dee74 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:33 PM
  # 10 (permalink)  
EndGame
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 4,677
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?
EndGameNYC is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:35 PM
  # 11 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: MN
Posts: 8,704
Originally Posted by brynn View Post
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 ?
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.
thomas11 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:35 PM
  # 12 (permalink)  
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 1,087
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.
TroyW is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:37 PM
  # 13 (permalink)  
Administrator
 
Dee74's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,040
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.
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.

D
Dee74 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:39 PM
  # 14 (permalink)  
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 2,459
I smell a rat
ArtFriend is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:47 PM
  # 15 (permalink)  
A Day at a Time
 
MIRecovery's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Grand Rapids MI
Posts: 6,435
Originally Posted by thomas11 View Post
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.
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.
MIRecovery is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:47 PM
  # 16 (permalink)  
Member
 
exwell66's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: ny
Posts: 156
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
exwell66 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:50 PM
  # 17 (permalink)  
A work in progress
 
LexieCat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 16,633
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?
LexieCat is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:50 PM
  # 18 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: MN
Posts: 8,704
Originally Posted by exwell66 View Post
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
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.
thomas11 is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:55 PM
  # 19 (permalink)  
...holds the key
 
brynn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Texas
Posts: 7,065
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.
brynn is offline  
Old 05-24-2015, 05:58 PM
  # 20 (permalink)  
EndGame
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 4,677
Originally Posted by thomas11 View Post
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.
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.
EndGameNYC is offline  

Currently Active Users Viewing this Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:42 AM.