by bbmcgee65 » Tue May 22, 2012 1:16 am
hi, my name is bb and i am a recovering alcoholic. i have been in the program of AA since April 19, 2005, and for that i am truly grateful. it sounds like you have a case of the yets..."i havent done that yet, i havent been to jail yet, i havent had a dui yet and so on....." if you think you have a problem with alcohol, which by the sound of your story, you are still pondering...try going to a meeting, and when they ask if anyone is attending their first aa meeting, raise your hand. at my home group if anyone is at their first meeting, it becomes a newcomer meeting. get some stories, listen to the similarities and not the differences. everyone has a bottom, not all are the bottom of a dumpster. it sounds like you have a lot of positive things in your life, it would be a shame to lose everything as a result of your drinking. nobody wants to be an alcoholic, nobody signs on for that, but it is a disease, and should be treated as such...just abstaining is treating the symptom, you want to treat the problem, and in order to do that, you need to know what that is...for me, i am the problem, but i am also the solution...check out a local meeting, and do it TODAY. not next week, etc...you always can find the time to drink, you can find a meeting the same way. you will never know until you take action. just a word of advise from someone who has been there...it only gets worse, never better...and it is progressive....check it out, if you dont like it, they will gladly refund your misery....lol. be true to yourself, and to your family, it sounds like you will be starting a new life with your fiance, i got sober 9 days before my wedding, and it was the best thing i ever did...you know the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. good luck, hope it helped
hi, my name is bb and i am a recovering alcoholic. i have been in the program of AA since April 19, 2005, and for that i am truly grateful. it sounds like you have a case of the yets..."i havent done that yet, i havent been to jail yet, i havent had a dui yet and so on....." if you think you have a problem with alcohol, which by the sound of your story, you are still pondering...try going to a meeting, and when they ask if anyone is attending their first aa meeting, raise your hand. at my home group if anyone is at their first meeting, it becomes a newcomer meeting. get some stories, listen to the similarities and not the differences. everyone has a bottom, not all are the bottom of a dumpster. it sounds like you have a lot of positive things in your life, it would be a shame to lose everything as a result of your drinking. nobody wants to be an alcoholic, nobody signs on for that, but it is a disease, and should be treated as such...just abstaining is treating the symptom, you want to treat the problem, and in order to do that, you need to know what that is...for me, i am the problem, but i am also the solution...check out a local meeting, and do it TODAY. not next week, etc...you always can find the time to drink, you can find a meeting the same way. you will never know until you take action. just a word of advise from someone who has been there...it only gets worse, never better...and it is progressive....check it out, if you dont like it, they will gladly refund your misery....lol. be true to yourself, and to your family, it sounds like you will be starting a new life with your fiance, i got sober 9 days before my wedding, and it was the best thing i ever did...you know the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. good luck, hope it helped