Sarah74

I posted once on the newcomer's forum, but that was after a nice night of drinking and my "woe is me" voice was out in full force. Have yet to totally quit. But here's how I found you guys...
Tired of people saying how red my face is. I live in the southwest, so I'd try to push it off as I got too much sun. But I was horrified, and whether true or not, I was worried some people recognized this as a "symptom" of alcoholism and might be talking. Plus, believe it or not, in the midst of all of this I was actually losing some weight (I cut the late night snacks! Still drank, but, uhhh, no snacks. Yeah.). SO, I felt like I wanted to look better all-around, so I looked up "red face from drinking" on google, and found a link to one of the threads on this site.
It was eye-opening, and I felt at home. Just other people talking about their struggles that I recognized as my struggles too! And a safe place to talk about it. So I signed up. And I haven't done all that well, but I'm going to keep coming back and keep trying. But yeah, it was my precious, precious face that brought me here.

Hevyn

Hi Sarah. My visit here was inspired by health issues too. I wasn't intending to quit at the time. I think I googled 'health problems of heavy drinkers'. (After all, I wasn't an alcoholic, was I? ) I read a few posts & knew this was where I belonged. I knew I'd find the courage to quit - and I did. You will too.
My 'gin blossoms' are all gone now.

Dee74

Glad to see you back Sarah

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Any reason to get sober is a good reason.

Opivotal

Glad you came back, Sarah!

I felt right at home when I joined.

Keep trying, you can do this.

geldofc

vanity is the reason I couldn't go on week long binges
it's good for something. welcome btw