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Cheshire2008 · Feb 4, 2008, 06:49 PM

I see 12 important Steps in your future But the best part is it begins with only one
I hope you take it. Good luck

justme005 · Feb 5, 2008, 12:17 AM

I am losing my grip on everything. My head is so clouded. This is my last beer. I swear... ull see

Wondergirl · Feb 5, 2008, 12:18 AM

I'm awake and watching you.

justme005 · Feb 5, 2008, 12:19 AM

I wish u were. Lol

Wondergirl · Feb 5, 2008, 12:19 AM

I would adopt you.

justme005 · Feb 5, 2008, 12:24 AM

Hahahahaha. That's funny.

Wondergirl · Feb 5, 2008, 12:27 AM

Well, sweetiepie, it's nearly 1:30 here and I must have some tea and cinnamon toast before I go to bed. Sleep well. I will be standing guard on your shoulder. If you feel something jumping up and down there and hear some muffled yelling not to drink, it will be me.

justme005 · Feb 5, 2008, 12:34 AM

Thank u... that's very sweet of u. lol... its 230 here by the way :) gnite'

HistorianChick · Feb 5, 2008, 06:47 AM

How you doing this morning, Darlin?

Cheshire2008 · Feb 5, 2008, 06:51 AM

Just me,
Please go back to the meetings at AA Find a sponsor They will help you get through this One day at a time. If you slip and you will they will understand. They will love you just as you are and get you through this. One day you will look back and say
How stupid was that.
If you feel like you do not like the meeting you went to go to a different one they have plenty all over the place.. Find one that you can relate to.
Right now you need 90 days 90 meetings.

I believe that you can do it!!

Now you have to believe in yourself.

justme005 · Feb 5, 2008, 09:22 AM

I am OK today... just a little hungover.. but like I said I'm starting today. I have hw to do and research to do and practicing that must get done... I don't have time to be drinking.. that's how I'm looking at it... I feel like I am slipping away from myself so I need to pull it togther... as far as AA... eh I don't know.. I will look for a counsler at my school today. I'm off to play some pickleball

Thanks for everyone posting and being so supportive.. it means a lot.

HistorianChick · Feb 5, 2008, 09:27 AM

You have an e-support network here in all of us. Now you just need a support network that can physically be in the same room as you. But, even when you get one, we'll all still be here.

Just a click away. :)

justme005 · Feb 6, 2008, 10:45 AM

Thanks so much. I'm losing it. I'm going home this weekend though so I won't be able to drink. Which is good. And I'm not drinking tonight... maybe tomorrow though. I just can't say NO. I know I should and its in the bak of my mind but I just can't pull myself together to not go out w. my friends. And I know no one can help me but myself but I can't do it. Lol I go 5 days w.o drinking to 5 days of drinking... now I'm stopping again... ughhh. So beatt. OK well thanks for listening to me vent.

HistorianChick · Feb 6, 2008, 10:52 AM

Darlin, those are not your friends. Ever heard that saying, "Friends don't let friends drink and drive?" Well, take it a step further, "Friends don't let friends drink when they're trying to quit!"

Its going to be infinitely easier to quit if you don't hang out with those friends. I'm not saying its going to be easy on any level, but "easier" if you aren't under their influence!

I just replied to another thread on here about friends... its not relative to your situation at all, but take a look at how life1973happened describes friends. If nothing else, some fun reading for your "extra time" :)

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/relati...im-180668.html

Have a wonderful time at home... and use this time to maybe talk to family about your problem... I know, I know. You're too embarrassed... Darlin... You're going to have to suck it up and be a little embarrassed if you're going to quit this thing.

Scottish2008 · Feb 6, 2008, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by simoneaugie

Alcohol changes the body. It makes cells less permeable. I don't remember all of it. Over time, your body is adapting to your alcohol intake. It is a poison, especially for alcoholics.

When "normies" drink, their body slowly changes the alcohol to acetaldehyde, a toxic by-product which is then made into something else that the body can eliminate. Acetaldehyde is what floats around in the blood and gives you a hangover, nausea and all that fun stuff.

In the body of an alcoholic, alcohol is turned into acetaldehyde very, very fast. They can drink faster and more than a normie, and have lots of fun. But the body adapts to being poisoned. Over time, the cells, in their attempt to keep alcohol out begin to keep out nutrients...That's all I remember about that.

Not remembering things at the end of the evening is a physical reaction to long term intake. Getting a red face can be alcohol related too. Your body is no longer able to handle the amounts it used to. Although you continue to drink the same amount, it has become too much. You are poisoning yourself. Alcohol is socially acceptable and legal. That doesn't mean that it is not poisonous.

Go to AA. Read their free pamphlets and learn about it. Quitting drinking may mean changing some of your friends and certain lifestyle alterations. That stuff is killing you! I've been there. I am not judging you one bit. Alcohol lies to you, tells you that you do not have a problem with it. That is addiction.

This is great. You hit the nail on the head. It would be better for you to stop drinking. AA Is a good place to start. The first steep it to admit it. The rest is kosher

J_9 · Feb 6, 2008, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by HistorianChick

Its going to be infinitely easier to quit if you don't hang out with those friends. I'm not saying its going to be easy on any level, but "easier" if you aren't under their influence!

This is so very true!! I find, at school, that if I hang with the crowd in my class that doesn't smoke, then I don't crave a cigarette. Yet, on breaks from class (my classes range from 2 three hour classes a week and one 12 hour class a week), if I go out with the smokers, I start craving a cigarette and cave in and smoke. Staying in the classroom with the non-smokers is a great way to keep my mind occupied from my addiction.

Now, giving up alcohol is quite the same way. You need to distance yourself from the drinkers and hang out with the non-drinkers. Those non-drinkers (in my case non-smokers) can possibly be all the support system you need. I know they are for me.

justme005 · Feb 8, 2008, 08:59 PM

Ohh boyy... so I'm home now and I can't sleep because I need a drink... I'm so wide awake its retarded. I just want some of my dads wine... I think I'm going to go get some. Just a little... my heart is going too fastttttt :(

Cheshire2008 · Feb 8, 2008, 09:07 PM

Hold it right there just me! You need to go to a meeting. You have admitted several times that you are powerless over alcohol. You are the only one who can do this. If I was there I would put you in a car and take you too a meeting. That heart is going to get worse.

Cheshire2008 · Feb 8, 2008, 09:08 PM

I want you to look on line and call a hotline for AA right now Talk to someone who knows where you been and can talk you out of this. What do you have to lose here. Or Are you not ready to give up this way of life??

justme005 · Feb 8, 2008, 09:25 PM

My heart is OK now... I'm buzzed. Ha. I'm on my second talll glass... and I'm getting a gut. Ewwww. I tried looking for a sponsor oline the other day, but nothing came up! I don't know what to type in... I feel like I am not ready to give up this way of life, but I feel like I realllly have too for my health! I keep forgetting things and losing time when drunk... and evem when I'm not I still forget . I'm not telling my parents about this. They will kill me and put me in rehab. No in way.