Coming out as alcoholic to my family
Trudgin
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,348
Clear light - we are pretty close in age. A little over a year ago my life / career changed dramatically. I've been in the rooms since quitting in June 2014.
If you keep an open mind and let the process unfold you may find what I did and others have. That is gratitude for being an alcoholic.
The journey of discovery and release of long term bondage I have found amazing.
Listen for similarities and not differences as others talk.
If you keep an open mind and let the process unfold you may find what I did and others have. That is gratitude for being an alcoholic.
The journey of discovery and release of long term bondage I have found amazing.
Listen for similarities and not differences as others talk.
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: MN
Posts: 8,704
HI Clearlight, add me to the list of folks who advise you to understand your motivation to quit and telling your sisters. Also, (I mean this in the nicest and sincere way) am I to understand that if you were not losing your job, you would have just kept your normal routine and kept drinking? Just a thought.
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SoCal, California
Posts: 990
I went to the meeting and got my chip. They really notice when, as a newcomer, you announce your sober time as "One day." Since my name begins with a "D" they called me "One Day D---".
I didn't share. And I just wandered out without staying to talk.
But I'll be back tomorrow. They're good people and they made a lot of good points.
They stressed to just keep coming back. So I'm going to do that. Maybe a meeting every day. I just need to get outs I don't go crazy.
There was a lot of other good points.
AND - I'm not going to drink tonight. That's BIG.
I didn't share. And I just wandered out without staying to talk.
But I'll be back tomorrow. They're good people and they made a lot of good points.
They stressed to just keep coming back. So I'm going to do that. Maybe a meeting every day. I just need to get outs I don't go crazy.
There was a lot of other good points.
AND - I'm not going to drink tonight. That's BIG.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NC
Posts: 1,737
Clearlight, congratulations on going to the meeting. Crossing the threshold of my first meeting was hard, but turned out to be the best thing that had happened to me in a very long time.
I don't see any harm in telling your sisters that you have quit drinking, but it's important not to tie expectations to that disclosure. It is not anyone else's responsibility to understand and respect my disease, but it's a life or death issue that I do.
I don't see any harm in telling your sisters that you have quit drinking, but it's important not to tie expectations to that disclosure. It is not anyone else's responsibility to understand and respect my disease, but it's a life or death issue that I do.
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