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Hi Clarence,
 
You are making a very important choice.  Remember AA is not the answer for everyone but it has helped a lot of people.
 
Find the treatment that works for you.  It sounds like right now is very hard.  It is clear how much you love your family and possibly getting to this point is what you needed to push you in the direction you need to be.  You will get through this.
 
We are here to support you.
 
 
Ashley, Health Educator
13 years ago 0 56 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Clarence, Foxman is right - find a local meeting or make a phone call (google search) and ask about your local district. 
At least get the info, on-line you just have to enter your zip code. Then do these 3 things:
 
1.) walk to your front door and see the sunlight, and stick your head outside and breathe in a large amount of fresh air, slowly letting it out,
2.)  get a glass of icy cold water and drink it and feel how good it tastes. 
3.) This is the most important - tell yourself you will find the nearest AA meeting and start your journey to free yourself from your problem, and more importantly, start narrowing the distance that you feel is between you and your family.
 
Clarence, continue to visit this site even if and when you contact AA; we care about you and your wellbeing - and you help us find strength to continue on our path too :)
 
Good Luck Buddy - be strong .......
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Clarence,
    Please do so, go to a meeting. It is the best thing you could do for you and your family. Many lives and families have been restored back to normalcy once a person puts down the drink and seeks a spiritual path.
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I'm sitting here in front of my labtop crying my eyes out because I want so much more out of my life and I know I'm screwing it up. I love my family and my children and I just want them to know what a good person I am but the drinking is distorting that view for them and I am losing them and I'm so scared to be alone and without them. I think I going to get over my negative thoughts about AA meetings and go to my first meeting, what do I have to lose. My family is my life and if I lose them I don't know what I will do.

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