Posted by oldschool305 on November 9, 2007, at 6:54:31
In reply to Re: Alcohol - Addiction - HELP, posted by nolegirl23 on October 8, 2007, at 21:58:06
wow, reading your post was really motivating. i have a serious drinking problem... i am 27 and have been drinking since i was 13. my problem is that i get very ill after drinking, very very ill to the point where i feel i will die. paramedics had to come out last night because i was blacking out, shakes really bad (thought i was going to have a seizure), panic attacks, you name it! it's so bad, i can barely function anymore. i've lost over 30 jobs, i usually quit because i don't feel good. i've had great jobs too, making great money. full paid music scholarships to 2 well known schools, and i just threw everything down the drain because i was always drunk/hungover.
i went to one AA meeting years ago, and never went back. there was a woman speaker going on and on for an hour that she realized she was an alcoholic when she spilled a glass of red wine on her white carpet. she was not a heavy drinker at all, she actually only had 1 glass of wine once a month. i was like PLEASE!!!!! my issues are 10000 times worse, this is petty... i just felt so out of place and hopeless after hearing her story. i really felt hopeless and AA couldn't fix that. But here I am today, 3 years later.... doing much worse.. unemployed, 27 years old living with mom, fat, depressed, sick 6 days a week.. i think i am going to look into AA again. if i feel good enough to drive myself there. it's hard... really hard.
i am so happy to read your posts and see you are 37 days sober. that is AWESOME! keep us posted on you and i will keep you all posted as well sometime next week. going to look up AA online right now.
-oldschool
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