I realised I had a problem when...

[nobody]

I realised I had a problem when...

I drank four pints (UK) of beer before going to work today.

After work, I drank four more, before my wife returned.

Now, I have drunk 8 more pints, making my day's
total 16 uk pints of beer (@5.2% woohoo!)

I feel that I am hanging onto my job, my sanity
and my personal relationship(s) by the slenderest
of threads.

I am on the verge of bancrupcy, unemployment
adn a bitter lonely, suicidal lifestyle. But somehow,
I can't seem to stop. What to do?

[Dan McGown]

> I can't seem to stop. What to do?

Please go to this site:

http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/

Ask for help. There are people available through AA who can and will help
you if you really want to do something about it.

Dan

[[[]]]

> I feel that I am hanging onto my job, my sanity
> and my personal relationship(s) by the slenderest
> of threads.
>
> I am on the verge of bancrupcy, unemployment
> adn a bitter lonely, suicidal lifestyle. But somehow,
> I can't seem to stop. What to do?

Seems you may be ready to admit that you're powerless over alcohol. When I
was ready to admit this, I also knew I couldn't stop on my own. Thankfully
my life became so completely hopeless I had no other option than to ask for
help.

You're in my prayers.

-Steve

[JB]

"[[]]" <[[]]@[[]].com> wrote in message
news:BlIad.79812$Jc2.61631@fe06.usenetserver.com.. .
> > I feel that I am hanging onto my job, my sanity
> > and my personal relationship(s) by the slenderest
> > of threads.
> >
> > I am on the verge of bancrupcy, unemployment
> > adn a bitter lonely, suicidal lifestyle. But somehow,
> > I can't seem to stop. What to do?
>
> Seems you may be ready to admit that you're powerless over alcohol.
When I
> was ready to admit this, I also knew I couldn't stop on my own.

> -Steve
>
While talking to another alcoholic in recovery the other day, I came
to see that not all who admit to being powerles over alcohol are
willing and able to seek and then work at the programme that will
enable them to deprive alcohol of its power over them and thus
eventually recover from alcoholism.

"The Dr's Opinion" in the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" enabled me to
understand why I am powerless over alcohol:

http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_doctoropinion.cfm

ATB

JB

[[[]]]

> While talking to another alcoholic in recovery the other day, I came
> to see that not all who admit to being powerles over alcohol are
> willing and able to seek and then work at the programme that will
> enable them to deprive alcohol of its power over them and thus
> eventually recover from alcoholism.
>
> "The Dr's Opinion" in the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" enabled me to
> understand why I am powerless over alcohol:
>
> http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_doctoropinion.cfm
>
JB- I agree with you that an admission of powerlessness does not necessarily
mean an individual is ready to seek help. That was certainly true for
myself. I fully accepted my powerlessness (total resignation) long before my
only option left in my shitty life was to ask for help.

Although the Dr.'s opinion has helped me understand the
allergy/obsession/powerlessness concept AFTER I became sober, the 'opinion'
would have been no help to me in stopping.


-Steve

[JB]

"[[]]" <[[]]@[[]].com> wrote in message
news:EWRad.29538$Fb.3162@fe03.usenetserver.com...
> Although the Dr.'s opinion has helped me understand the
> allergy/obsession/powerlessness concept AFTER I became sober, the
'opinion'
> would have been no help to me in stopping.
>
>
> -Steve
>
I also did not need "The Dr's Opinion" in order to stop drinking.
Each time I've quit drinking I've known nothing about it.

JB

[rosie readandpost]

"Dan McGown" <dmcgown@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:TY-dnQC39N0A3PbcRVn-tw@adelphia.com...
: > I can't seem to stop. What to do?
:
: Please go to this site:
:
: http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/
:
: Ask for help. There are people available through AA who can and
will help
: you if you really want to do something about it.
:
: Dan
:
:

AGREED!


nobody,
please note that there are many of us, who HAD to feel as you do,
in order to finally admit that we were powerless!
get help...............you are in my thoughts and prayers!

rosie

[Mias]

For a very long time I felt the same as what you do now. I told people that
I am an alcoholic but went on drinking again and again. Two things happened
that turned me in the end. One was the twenty questions for which I got full
score. I thought that if these buggers knew all the right questions they
might know some of the answers. You can try that at
http://www.recoveryresources.org/twenty.html or look at
http://www.aa.org/default/en_about_aa.cfm?pageid=10
The second major happening in my drinking life was about three weeks into
sobriety. I was sitting in an AA meeting one night and I suddenly realised
that 'I DO NOT HAVE TO DRINK AGAIN". It was the first time in my life that I
realised that without help, I had no chance in not drinking.
I would also advise you to try AA for say .05% of the time that you have
spent drinking or at least 20 meetings. If it worked for me it will SURELY
work for you.
Kind regards
Mias
"nobody" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:roemm0hdqibaj54idml2h2thhqvl488r3l@4ax.com...
>
> I realised I had a problem when...
>
> I drank four pints (UK) of beer before going to work today.
>
> After work, I drank four more, before my wife returned.
>
> Now, I have drunk 8 more pints, making my day's
> total 16 uk pints of beer (@5.2% woohoo!)
>
> I feel that I am hanging onto my job, my sanity
> and my personal relationship(s) by the slenderest
> of threads.
>
> I am on the verge of bancrupcy, unemployment
> adn a bitter lonely, suicidal lifestyle. But somehow,
> I can't seem to stop. What to do?

[Hugh Jarse]

nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in
news:roemm0hdqibaj54idml2h2thhqvl488r3l@4ax.com:

>
> I realised I had a problem when...
>
> I drank four pints (UK) of beer before going to work today.
>
> After work, I drank four more, before my wife returned.
>
> Now, I have drunk 8 more pints, making my day's
> total 16 uk pints of beer (@5.2% woohoo!)
>
> I feel that I am hanging onto my job, my sanity
> and my personal relationship(s) by the slenderest
> of threads.
>
> I am on the verge of bancrupcy, unemployment
> adn a bitter lonely, suicidal lifestyle. But somehow,
> I can't seem to stop. What to do?

It sounds to me like you are at the place that was my "jumping off" point.
Thats when I realized that my drinking problem had become a NOT drinking
problem. I was unable to function without alcohol, and I was unable to
function in a socialably acceptable fashion with alcohol. I would advise a
medically supervised detox, followed by AA.