Yep that's me. Especially the second excerpt. Terrible as it sounds, I would buy a 40oz, drink all night, and the next morning I had lost the remainder. I would search and search, finding empty bottles and hoping I didn't drink the WHOLE 40oz! Eventually I would stumble across it in one of my hiding spots. An alcoholic also doesn't realize they are one usually until it's too late, or they lose something important to them. Luckily this hasn't happened to me yet and I'm only 30 with a lot of life to live.
I feel great today, 2nd day sober, and have an appointment with a counselor tomorrow. I haven't told my husband yet though, or anyone else for that matter. I hope the willpower lasts, but I have a feeling the weekend will be a challenge. Even before I got carried away drinking almost every day, I was always a weekend drinker.
I started buying bottles with cash so it wouldn't show on the credit card statement and hiding them in cabinets or places
Hiding the bottles! Only Alcoholics can understand the need. if you read the book called Alcoholics anonymous there is a paragraph that describes a real-alcoholic. here is some excepts:
But what about the real alcoholic? He may start off as a moderate
drinker; he may or may not become a continuous hard drinker; but at
some stage of his drinking career he begins to lose all control of his
liquor consumption, once he starts to drink.
.......
He is the fellow who goes to bed so intoxicated he ought to sleep the
clock around. Yet early next morning he searches madly for the bottle
he misplace the night before. If he can afford it, he may have liquor
concealed all over his house to be certain no one gets his entire
supply away from him to throw down the wastepipe.
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I have been drinking since a teenager, but never felt like it was too much until now. I have never admitted I'm an alcoholic to anyone until today. I called my local Addiction Services office and told a counselor about my problem and that I would like some help. She is calling back later this afternoon to make an appointment with me as it wasn't a good time to talk right then.
I never had reason to hide my drinking until I got really heavy into it over the last 6 months. I started buying bottles with cash so it wouldn't show on the credit card statement and hiding them in cabinets or places I knew my husband wouldn't look. I would drink vodka so he wouldn't be able to smell it on me and I would drink thinking he didn't know. I didn't know when to stop though, so a few times he has asked me about it. This last week was one time, I lied and said I wasn't drinking, but he knew, and he looked at me disgusted. I drank secretly for 3 more days after that "look", but I can't get the guilt out of my head. It's time...
I feel very ashamed and don't want to tell anyone or attend meetings. I don't know if this feeling will pass or not, but for now I'm just going to try this one on one counseling. I want to tell my husband tonight, but we've never really talked about my drinking, and I'm ashamed to even admit to him that I have a problem and have contacted help. I need him to know though, and I need his support. I hope he's willing.
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