by fatmuzkey » Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:00 am
- Alcoholism is progressive and will just get worse as will probably frequency. Our Text - the book Alcoholics Anonymous describes the alcoholic over and over but in one chapter says - the alcoholic cant quit drinking all together or once started has litle control. The physical side of the disease is once we ingest alcohol we crave it where as someone without the disease doesnt. So it doesnt really matter who you drink with, how much, how often , what race , religeon, economic background, etc - It matters what it does to you once you drink it. Do you have trouble stopping, do you do things drunk that you wouldnt do sober, every time you drink you might not get in trouble but when you are in trouble is it when you were drinking? AA is a 12 step program- the second part of the step "our lives became unmanageable." I believe that if any area of your life is effected from drinking you have a problem- financially ( legal fees, broken stuff,etc) legally, socially ( friends , family ( ur son and ex fiancee), job, sports, physically, etc)
Good news - what I thought was the worst thing ( ending up in AA ) turned out to be the best. The program works and you can live a good peacefull usefull life. I was driven to AA when I was 20 avoiding certain death or long term incarceration and through AA have lived a great fun life for 22+ years. The meetings are all over and youll grow to like them. But you need to get help yourself - once you reach out and start going there will be women to help you. But you must reach out. We cant do it alone or why would we need AA ? I hope you get to a meeting and find what I found and that was hope that I didnt have to keep living that way and that I could live a decent usefull life without continually screwing everything up. Good luck- the help is waiting for you.