Thank you. I will start exploring the options you and others have suggested:)
Hi Shawna! I was a binge drinker too. And then my binges started lasting longer and occurring more frequently. I didn’t know if I was an alcoholic either. The people around me were daily drinkers and it seemed to manifest differently in their lives. When someone finally explained to me that alcoholic means my body processes alcohol differently than other bodies do; that, if, when I drank I couldn’t control the amount I consumed, or when I promised myself I wasn’t going to drink I ended up drinking anyway then I was probably alcoholic. I had done both of those things quite often, so, I qualified. thank goodness there was a solution to this alcoholic problem of mine. No one else can qualify you, but you have come to a good place to do that for yourself. Welcome! I hope you find yourself some experience , strength, and hope here🤗
I too began as a binge drinker but as we all know alcoholism is a progressive disease. I could not turn the switch off once I began drinking. I’m now 16 months sober, work the program and go to meetings and I’ve never been happier! God truly has blessed me. Shawna, work the steps and meetings, give 100% and I don’t think you’ll regret it! Will there be challenges and tough times ahead, yes, but alcohol won’t be the answer! Be the best version of you! God bless!
Great comments! I am 8 months in. My blood pressure which has always been pre stage hypertension became normal the first 2 weeks and I have lost 20lbs. I am back playing tennis which it's been decades. My sleep is on point and I have never been happier. You are going to love your new life. You got this.
Welcome. Great first steps. Keep up the good work
Hello Shawna, I've been there. A book I have read recently changed my whole perspective and thus my life. It's called Allen Carr's quit drinking without willpower. Once we realize that there is no true benefit to drinking alcohol then we are free to drink things that are good for us, and have a much better time.
Welcome. Beginning is the biggest step. Just admitting you have a problem. I would try to get a sober network of people. Go to meetings get an addiction counselor. Sobriety is so worth it but takes a lot of work. If you find yourself really struggling go to a detox hospital and they can put you on meds. Good luck One day at a time.
You're welcome. Most people are not willing to admit that when they first come in. If you go to enough meetings and listen to what everyone else says, it will help you make an honest evaluation of yourself.
Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think they are bodily and mentally different from their fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people.
The idea that somehow, someday he/she will control and enjoy his/her her drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.
I suggest going to Alcoholics Anonymous.
The program and the people there saved my life.