I tested myself... And failed
I tested myself... And failed
I 'was' in my 5th alcohol free day today.
I had an absolutely awful day at work. I came home and drank the bottle of prosecco I'd been given as a present.
I craved more. I sat, and waited but it didn't go away. So I walked to the shop... With my dog so at least she got some exercise!!!
And now I'm drinking beer, listening to music and generally feeling crap!!
I am a binger!!! I know that now! I can go days, weeks even. But once I start, I struggle to stop.
Am I an alchoholic??? What is wrong with me???
I had an absolutely awful day at work. I came home and drank the bottle of prosecco I'd been given as a present.
I craved more. I sat, and waited but it didn't go away. So I walked to the shop... With my dog so at least she got some exercise!!!
And now I'm drinking beer, listening to music and generally feeling crap!!
I am a binger!!! I know that now! I can go days, weeks even. But once I start, I struggle to stop.
Am I an alchoholic??? What is wrong with me???
I 'was' in my 5th alcohol free day today.
I had an absolutely awful day at work. I came home and drank the bottle of prosecco I'd been given as a present.
I craved more. I sat, and waited but it didn't go away. So I walked to the shop... With my dog so at least she got some exercise!!!
And now I'm drinking beer, listening to music and generally feeling crap!!
I am a binger!!! I know that now! I can go days, weeks even. But once I start, I struggle to stop.
Am I an alchoholic??? What is wrong with me???
I had an absolutely awful day at work. I came home and drank the bottle of prosecco I'd been given as a present.
I craved more. I sat, and waited but it didn't go away. So I walked to the shop... With my dog so at least she got some exercise!!!
And now I'm drinking beer, listening to music and generally feeling crap!!
I am a binger!!! I know that now! I can go days, weeks even. But once I start, I struggle to stop.
Am I an alchoholic??? What is wrong with me???
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Join Date: Sep 2017
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Oh, honey 🙁... I have been there too many times to count. I don't think anyone can answer that question but you, but I will say that for me not being able to stop once I started was the FIRST (of many many more to come) red flags that told me yes, I am an alcoholic. Pick yourself up and dust yourself off and try again. We are all here for you.
Hugs
KG
Hugs
KG
Really reminding me of a day in my life. I am very prone to drinking when I have had a rough day at work or university. I don't handle adversity well. Don't beat yourself up. It happens. You can do this. Most of us fall of a bike when we are learning how to ride as kids. Think of it like that. You can fall, but eventually you will conquer. It's not easy, but nothing worthwhile in life is.
I think i have a problem with alcohol, yes! I'm so lonely and when i get home from work, i drink. I have one, feel a bit better and have several more.
I've read so many stories on here, and I am not as chaotic as some of them, usually. But I know I'm heading down that path.
I start, and then crave more. I can't stop...
I've read so many stories on here, and I am not as chaotic as some of them, usually. But I know I'm heading down that path.
I start, and then crave more. I can't stop...
I have always envied folks who can have a single drink and leave it at that. My parents do that and I honestly wonder how they can. When I drink it is with the intention of getting wasted.
That's why for people like us, it is important to not start. What happens as one drink ends with many more.
That's why for people like us, it is important to not start. What happens as one drink ends with many more.
Samantha
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 2,031
I drink to get drunk too. I surprised myself this weekend. I went to a football game (2 nights in a hotel plus the game), and had one drink one night and 3 at the game.
Then I stopped.
It's a miracle, that has never happened before!
Then I stopped.
It's a miracle, that has never happened before!
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Join Date: Dec 2014
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After you finished the one drink were you thinking about another? The 3 at the game is understandable..what are they charging at the stadiums nowadays? We'd always tailgate for a couple hours and only have 3-4 once inside. Then of course get wasted after the game.
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Join Date: Jul 2017
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I was a binger too, and never understood how people drank to 'relax'. When I drank, things got faster, I couldn't sit still, my heart raced, I didn't stop talking, to anyone, so fast I could barely keep up, I brimmed with confidence, I wanted to do everything now! If I was trying to work on the laptop I had to stop, because I couldn't concentrate, I couldn't even watch a tv programme as I couldn't sit to watch it. This is after a few sips, then I drank to oblivion because I felt great and i wanted more and more of it. I hear most people don't feel this way after a small amount of alcohol, which should have been my first clue I don't react normally to it. Sadly it took many years to understand its like crack to me. You know now, don't forget it.
I was a binger too, and never understood how people drank to 'relax'. When I drank, things got faster, I couldn't sit still, my heart raced, I didn't stop talking, to anyone, so fast I could barely keep up, I brimmed with confidence, I wanted to do everything now! If I was trying to work on the laptop I had to stop, because I couldn't concentrate, I couldn't even watch a tv programme as I couldn't sit to watch it. This is after a few sips, then I drank to oblivion because I felt great and i wanted more and more of it. I hear most people don't feel this way after a small amount of alcohol, which should have been my first clue I don't react normally to it. Sadly it took many years to understand its like crack to me. You know now, don't forget it.
Being an alcoholic isn't about how much you drink, the amount of chaos in your life, or anything like that. It's about what happens to you when you drink. If you can't stop drinking once you start, you are an alcoholic. Normal people do not have to worry about not being able to stop drinking.
Can you come up with a recovery plan to help you stop drinking?
Can you come up with a recovery plan to help you stop drinking?
I was a binger too, and never understood how people drank to 'relax'. When I drank, things got faster, I couldn't sit still, my heart raced, I didn't stop talking, to anyone, so fast I could barely keep up, I brimmed with confidence, I wanted to do everything now! If I was trying to work on the laptop I had to stop, because I couldn't concentrate, this is after a few sips, then I drank to oblivion because I felt great and i wanted more of it. I hear most people don't feel this way after a small amount of alcohol, which should have been my first clue I don't react normally to it. Sadly it took many years to understand its like crack to me. You know now, don't forget it.
Being an alcoholic isn't about how much you drink, the amount of chaos in your life, or anything like that. It's about what happens to you when you drink. If you can't stop drinking once you start, you are an alcoholic. Normal people do not have to worry about not being able to stop drinking.
Can you come up with a recovery plan to help you stop drinking?
Can you come up with a recovery plan to help you stop drinking?
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 2,966
Have fun sober(it's really a thing.. trust me) while watching all the drunks make asses out of themselves and be thankful that's not you! Then you wake up the next day refreshed,instead of waking up 'hurting' and wondering what the hell happened last night?
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I'm from UK, and drinking culture here is hard enough, let alone the Irish drinking culture!!Phew, that's a tough one. Look, uou have until March to get some footing. You know now you cant drink normally, because our brains don't process it in the same way. Ive reached acceptance of this, it took a long time, I approach the thought of having a drink with the same caution as I would with someone offering me class A's. Would I take heroin from someone when I know it would be detrimental to my health and life?....no. That would be foolish, studies show what can happen from taking heroin. Alcohol has proven to be detrimental to my health and my life.....what kind of idiot would repeat that? That's foolish I have concrete evidence of what can happen from having one drink, and alcohol is incredibly addictive for me. Why would I accept a drink, but not heroin? Can you see it makes zero sense?
Realising this half the battle... stay present on here, read a whole lot on recovery, I'm working the steps, but not in AA due to personal choice. If nearer the time you feel being in Dublin pubs and being sober is almost impossible for you to do, which would be hard for anyone in recovery. Then be honest with yourself, its YOUR birthday, don't go with the flow for others, those that are there and love you will want you to do what you want to do and if they know about your issues with drinking, should be behind you 100%.
Realising this half the battle... stay present on here, read a whole lot on recovery, I'm working the steps, but not in AA due to personal choice. If nearer the time you feel being in Dublin pubs and being sober is almost impossible for you to do, which would be hard for anyone in recovery. Then be honest with yourself, its YOUR birthday, don't go with the flow for others, those that are there and love you will want you to do what you want to do and if they know about your issues with drinking, should be behind you 100%.
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haha I love this part, yes I am the one you see now, smugly smiling into my Appletize, knowing I shall awaken hangover and guilt free and not doing the standard morning after check for keys, phone and purse before trawling through the phone looking for evidence to put together the evening and hoping I have not sent any mortifying messages. So smug.
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