by ML » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:30 pm
I don't really know what to say here , except that I am lost and don't know what to do. On August 31st. my girlfriend of almost 4 years walked out on me. At this time I hadn't drank for almost two weeks. I didn't drink for the next 8 days. Then I decided I was going out to try to forget about her. I had a few too many drinks and wound up being arrested for D.U.I. About 7,and 13 years ago I was arrested for 2 prior D.U.I.'s. I know this is serious, and I know I need help. I stand a very good chance of going to jail for this. I don't know whatt to do. I know I need help, but I don't have alot of money. I do have a good job,(for now anyway), but ,I don't have money saved. It was always spent, alot of it on alcohol. I want to quit and straighten my life out. I did quit before, until I met HER. She is an alcoholic, I fell in love with her, and it was just downhill from there. I am no longer with her, and I don't want to get involved with anyone that has an alcohol problem again. I need to straighten MY life out before it is too late, and I lose my job, my house, and my friends. I know I have a problem, and I know I need help. What I don't know is what to do next. Since Sept. 9th, when I received the third D.U.I. all I have been doing is going to work and comming home, and thinking about what to do. I just can't come up with any answers. My hearing is on 10/18, I know I have to do something, but what? I want to quit, I want to STAY sober, I want to have a normal life without alcohol. How?, where do I start?