My introduction
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My introduction
Hi all,
After a month of reading i finaly subcribed on SR to introduce myself.
I'm a 37 old guy, married for 11 years, and father of a beautiful daughter aged 5. I started drinking alcohol at the age of 14. The first years occasionly, but from the start those nights almost always ended with me hanging above the toilet. At the age of 20 my interrest in alcohol stopped because (bad) friends introduced me into the world of pills and powders. After a few years i turned my back on that and restarted the 'social accepted' way of getting high/hammered of wat ever name it's called. From the age of 26 till 34 i drank beer every day after comming home from work and in the weekend. Every workday evening about 3 to 4 liters beer. And in the weekends between 5 and 6 liters a day. Then my wife got pregnant and i stopped drinking from one day to the other. After my daughter was born i started drinking again. The amount of daily beer got was 5 to 6 liters on weekday evenings, and up to 7 to 8 liters on weekend days. My liver started to swell in those years. One day (about 4 years ago) my docter made me do a bloodtest for some reason i can't remember anymore. 2 days later the doctors assistent called me and said the doctors wants to see me a.s.a.p. He told me i had a liver malfuntion. He sent me to a liver specialist in the hospital . The news scared me and i tried to drink less. That was the first time i realised i was a alcoholic because i couldn't drink less. Instead of cutting back i continoued drinking the same amount . The liver specialist tried to find out why my liver was fatty but (like all alcoholics in denail) i lied about my alcoholism. he ordered me to take a bloodtest every 6 months. Everytime when the date of the bloodtest was near, i tried to drink a bit less than i used to. So the liver values were a bit less bad . I was completely fooling myself. A few months ago the values were trough the roof . for example my GammaGT was >700. Then i couldn't take it anymore and i confessed to the specialist about my alcoholism. That was the best thing i did in years . The confeession started a shift in my brain. I confessed to my wife that i had no control. From that moment i took back control and stopped drinking. 3 december 2015 was that day. And today is my 24th day. I feel great. Reading SR posts every night sinds day one helped me allot. I really feel that i closed the book on alcohol. I know i am just on day 24, and still have a long way to go. But nothing beats Sober life. on january the 6th i'm getting the next bloodtest. I am really curious about the livervalues after a month sober. thnx for reading friends.
After a month of reading i finaly subcribed on SR to introduce myself.
I'm a 37 old guy, married for 11 years, and father of a beautiful daughter aged 5. I started drinking alcohol at the age of 14. The first years occasionly, but from the start those nights almost always ended with me hanging above the toilet. At the age of 20 my interrest in alcohol stopped because (bad) friends introduced me into the world of pills and powders. After a few years i turned my back on that and restarted the 'social accepted' way of getting high/hammered of wat ever name it's called. From the age of 26 till 34 i drank beer every day after comming home from work and in the weekend. Every workday evening about 3 to 4 liters beer. And in the weekends between 5 and 6 liters a day. Then my wife got pregnant and i stopped drinking from one day to the other. After my daughter was born i started drinking again. The amount of daily beer got was 5 to 6 liters on weekday evenings, and up to 7 to 8 liters on weekend days. My liver started to swell in those years. One day (about 4 years ago) my docter made me do a bloodtest for some reason i can't remember anymore. 2 days later the doctors assistent called me and said the doctors wants to see me a.s.a.p. He told me i had a liver malfuntion. He sent me to a liver specialist in the hospital . The news scared me and i tried to drink less. That was the first time i realised i was a alcoholic because i couldn't drink less. Instead of cutting back i continoued drinking the same amount . The liver specialist tried to find out why my liver was fatty but (like all alcoholics in denail) i lied about my alcoholism. he ordered me to take a bloodtest every 6 months. Everytime when the date of the bloodtest was near, i tried to drink a bit less than i used to. So the liver values were a bit less bad . I was completely fooling myself. A few months ago the values were trough the roof . for example my GammaGT was >700. Then i couldn't take it anymore and i confessed to the specialist about my alcoholism. That was the best thing i did in years . The confeession started a shift in my brain. I confessed to my wife that i had no control. From that moment i took back control and stopped drinking. 3 december 2015 was that day. And today is my 24th day. I feel great. Reading SR posts every night sinds day one helped me allot. I really feel that i closed the book on alcohol. I know i am just on day 24, and still have a long way to go. But nothing beats Sober life. on january the 6th i'm getting the next bloodtest. I am really curious about the livervalues after a month sober. thnx for reading friends.
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Welcome to the forums, you'll find a lot of support here.
I started drinking at fourteen, too. I was an alcoholic right from that first drink and would remain that way for thirty eight years.
I've been sober five years now and my liver values are still high. Needless to say, I drank a lot.
I fooled myself about my alcoholism for years until it became obvious to everyone around me. I was the last one to know. That's how much denial I was in.
I hope you can quit now before you reach the lows I did.
Your liver should take care of itself if you abstain now.
Best to you and remember, you never have to drink again.
I started drinking at fourteen, too. I was an alcoholic right from that first drink and would remain that way for thirty eight years.
I've been sober five years now and my liver values are still high. Needless to say, I drank a lot.
I fooled myself about my alcoholism for years until it became obvious to everyone around me. I was the last one to know. That's how much denial I was in.
I hope you can quit now before you reach the lows I did.
Your liver should take care of itself if you abstain now.
Best to you and remember, you never have to drink again.
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Originally Posted by jd1639 
Welcome to Sober Recovery and congrats on 24 days. Have you formulated a plan on how you'll stay sober?
ps. day 26
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Allen Carr's book helped me enormously with mindset - but not really too much on the nuts and bolts of making a recovery plan - the 'how will I get sober and stay that way?' nitty gritty...
these two links are great for that, Tea:
https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/conten...0/SMA-3720.pdf
https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/conten...SMA12-4474.pdf
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these two links are great for that, Tea:
https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/conten...0/SMA-3720.pdf
https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/conten...SMA12-4474.pdf
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