by delcomark » Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:52 pm
abclimo wrote:
> Mark: Hi and welcome! You say you want to stop drinking, and you can do
> it. It won't be easy and temptation will pop up where you least expect it.
> Definitely find some meetings to go to, they are not all the same, if you
> don't like the first one, go to some others. Don't be scared to go, no one
> there will judge you for what you have done, because they've been there
> themselves. If you don't want to share, you don't have to, but listen to
> what is being said. You'll hear so many stories that will be somewhat
> similar to yours. Some of the people at meetings are just starting out,
> and some have 20 or more years clean and sober. They still attend meetings
> to help others who are just starting out or who are struggling with an
> addiction. Alcohol is an addiction just like drugs. It's important to get
> phone lists of people who you can call before you drink. Moderation is not
> in our vocabulary. It's an all or nothing scenario when you are an addict,
> once we start, we can't stop. When I went to my first meeting, I was so
> scared that I almost passed out. When I walked in, people came over to me
> and welcomed me and the fear and uncomfortable feeling went away. I never
> realized until I was clean and sober how much I was hurting my family, I
> thought I was only hurting myself by slowly poisoning myself. You can do
> this, just keep at it.
Im going to go to my first meeting tonight. If for no other reason than to just check it out and see how I like it...