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12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 272

Hi Craiggy,

Welcome to the site and to wanting to do something about your life. Your drinking story pretty much mirrors my own. Only eventually my one in the morning drink became everyday and became 2 or 3. When I filled out the alcohol questionnaire, I filled it out based on how I was drinking before I started quit attempt one, and it said I was drunk 286 days a year. Yikes - talk about being shocked. I mean I knew I had a problem. But that was a PROBLEM.

I'm really glad that you went to your Dr. to get some help with meds for withdrawal and anti cravings. I know several people who have had great success with anti craving meds.

I've been in and out of recovery since 2006, with long periods of sobriety broken by relapse, but I still keep working on it, because I feel so much better sober than I did drunk.

And you're really right to do this now, before it becomes a problem with your job.

I wish you every success.

splitimage

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Thanks for all your responses! :)

I went to my Doctors and got some meds to help with withdrawl and abstinence. I am hoping my journey to sobriety begins shortly.

Craig

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 73

Glad you're with us Craiggy. You've made the right choice. It really does help to share your ups and downs here--as well as hear about what the rest of us are going through. It's not easy. And sometimes it's two steps forward, one step back. That's still progress. Keep us posted on how you're doing.

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12049

Craiggy,

Welcome to the Alcohol Help Center and on taking the first steps to getting the help you need.

Start working through program, a big component of it is learning about yourself so you can better understand your addiction.

Start reading through the forums. I think you'll find there are many people out there you can relate to. The forum is also full of advice and will offer you the wisdom of many diverse experiences in relation to alcohol addiction.

We thank you for sharing with us and know that journaling and sharing can also be therapeutic. You have come to the realization that this is hurting, you, your family and your body. It is now time to make a few choices. Reading the available knowledge and making a plan can get you started on this positive journey.

This will no happen over night, so take it slow and ask questions. Check back soon and let us know how you're doing.

We're always here to answer any questions you may have or to provide you with some feedback.

Josie, Health Educator

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1562

The allergy the big book talks about is something physical after an alcoholic ingests the 1st drink, it triggers something within him and that leads him to take another drink.The doctor also terms it as the phenomenon of craving. Never happens in a regular normal drinker.

When it comes to the mind, they always refer to it as an obsession. The obsession of the mind and progression of the disease illustrated in the chapter 'More about alcoholism' where the man of 30 years of sobriety deludes himself that he can drink safely and picks up a drink after retirement and dies within few years. The car salesman thinks that he can handle an ounce of whiskey with a glass of milk and the Accountant who thinks he can have a drink before dinner. All these stories highlight the queer mental twist that goes through an alcoholic.

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Yes, Foxman. I do as it is written in the big book. During my last bout of Sobriety duriny July and August I read the Big book from cover to cover and went to a meeting or two during each week.

However, the word allergy is quite an outdated term for addiction and loss of control, I do understand the meaning behind how they explain the reaction of an alcoholic to alcohol though. That one leads to many. I am also an ex smoker and I know if I have a cigarette, that eventually I will be buying packs again.

Thanks for the responses!

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1562

So you understand the obsession of the mind that tricks us into taking that 1st drink after a gap and the phenomenon of craving that triggers an allergy within our body that forces us into taking more than originally planned for? And the spiritual malady that we all go through. The restlessness, irritable and discontended, anxious feeling when we are not drinking?

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Hi Foxman,

I just went to a few meetings and read the Big Book over the past couple of years. I have yet to decide whether I am ready to be abstinent or not. I have not allowed myself to buy in to the AA program as of yet. I am not ruling it out as a solution. I am just starting to realize that my drinking problem is very very bad and I need to start doing something about it before it damages my body any more or my life.

Thank you.

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1562

Hey Craig, when you say you tried even AA. What do you mean? Simply went to meetings? Did you ever got a sponsor and work the 12 steps of AA from left to right?

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Con't from Below! (I guess there is a post length limit!)

giant glasses of wine that wait for me as a reward when I get through the work day.

So here I am. Totally out of control. My wife is in the Mental Health field and wants me to try to reduce harm or moderate drinking as I have failed at abstinence many times. I think deep down inside I need to remove alcohol from my life all together. I have a sick feeling that if I cannot stop drinking to the excess I am, it will soon kill me and I am only 42.

Thank you for reading if you made it this far. :)

Craig

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