So sad, slowly becoming an alcoholic.
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Originally Posted by blonderocknroll 
Thank you so much! I wasnt counting on this much support in such a short period of time, I have been thinking about going to AA meeting but im terrified that i wouldnt match the criteria I feel like being considered an alcoholic today u almost have to be completely lost -without a job and family who has turned your back on u Im not there yet but I really wanna get help cause this will just end badly for me I feel.
They Stopped In Time
Among today’s incoming A.A. members, many have
never reached the advanced stages of alcoholism, though
given time all might have.
Most of these fortunate ones have had little or no ac-
quaintance with delirium, with hospitals, asylums, and
jails. Some were drinking heavily, and there had been occa-
sional serious episodes. But with many, drinking had been
little more than a sometimes uncontrollable nuisance.
Seldom had any of these lost either health, business, family,
or friends.
Why do men and women like these join A.A.?
The seventeen who now tell their experiences answer
that question. They saw that they had become actual or po-
tential alcoholics, even though no serious harm had yet
been done.
They realized that repeated lack of drinking control,
when they really wanted control, was the fatal symptom
that spelled problem drinking. This, plus mounting emo-
tional disturbances, convinced them that compulsive alco-
holism already had them; that complete ruin would be only
a question of time.
Seeing this danger, they came to A.A. They realized that
in the end alcoholism could be as mortal as cancer; cer-
tainly no sane man would wait for a malignant growth to
become fatal before seeking help.
Therefore, these seventeen A.A.’s, and hundreds of thou-
sands like them, have been saved years of infinite suffering.
They sum it up something like this: “We didn’t wait to hit
bottom because, thank God, we could see the bottom.
Actually, the bottom came up and hit us. That sold us on
Alcoholics Anonymous.
I could see peace instead of this
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Location: Canada, eh
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Welcome to SR, blonderocknroll!
I knew I had a drinking problem by the time I was 17 and that I was probably an alcoholic, but I didn't want do anything about it until I was 21. I didn't know how I was going to live without alcohol anymore, but I sure knew by then I couldn't live with it.
You can stop anytime you want to and as Carlotta said already, “The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.” The most important person in the meeting is the newcomer.
If you want to stop now, you'll save yourself a lot of pain and misery.
I knew I had a drinking problem by the time I was 17 and that I was probably an alcoholic, but I didn't want do anything about it until I was 21. I didn't know how I was going to live without alcohol anymore, but I sure knew by then I couldn't live with it.
You can stop anytime you want to and as Carlotta said already, “The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.” The most important person in the meeting is the newcomer.
If you want to stop now, you'll save yourself a lot of pain and misery.
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