I cannot stop drinking I have tried so many of my own methods and nothing has worked. I will lose everything if I don’t stop. First task I will not drink tonight. That’s all I can do. 
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Ever thought about a rehab? Sometimes taking a break from life and learning some coping tools can be the answer.
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I was drinking 2-3 bottles of vodka a day. I wanted to stop so desperately but I just couldn’t. I would try to ween myself off but it never would work, I would just get so sick and and shaky I couldn’t function. After a while I couldn’t keep up…. My body shut down and I had to be admitted to a hospital. It was not a pleasant situation. If you can get out ahead of it before you are rushed to the ER.. I highly suggest doing that.
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Your "own methods"? Yeah, that shït ain't working. Get into AA meetings every day, ASAP. You don't have to do this alone. Get in with people who know what you're going through.
Get to the choppa, if you want to live.
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You are in the best place. I had to realize I had no possible future and I couldn't stop drinking. I kept using to cope, to live and to feel. But going to AA meetings and quietly listening and praying please God I'm willing to do anything moved me step by step into AA and a miracle occured. I didn't pick up. I eventually admitted I was powerless and a sponsor walked me thru the steps. You will get it!
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Exactly
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Google AA apps , meeting guide. If you don’t you’re going to have to lose everything and be I the street in order to force you to take action like so many of us, I wish I would have listened it literally cost me 6 years and over a million dollar’s. But I didn’t want to listen. All I had to do was just go to those meeting and find someone that had been through what I did and followed their instructions but no, I had to lose everything literally EVERYTHING, everything I worked so hard for and every last one of my possessions, home job car family members and friends.
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Carrie, when we break a bone we would never consider trying to set and immobilize the bone ourselves….we ask for and seek help….rehabs are this help followed by a tried and true recovery program….addiction is a brain disorder and since we THINK and conclude with our malfunctioning brain ….trusting it concerning the problem (alcoholism) makes no sense . Your future and the future of your innocent children are at stake here! DONT THINK JUST seek rehab! And you will become amazing!! Keith Kayle
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I spent three years trying to quit on my own until I physically couldn't keep drinking anymore and ended up in the ER. When I left I was given a prescription for naltrexone which I used with the Sinclair Method to help me quit. Some people can quit on their own, but for me I definitely needed help. I'm over 6 months sober now which would've been impossible on my own.
If what you've tried so far hasn't been working, maybe consider talking to a doctor or someone about trying something else.
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I would go to a hospital and get medically detoxed. That was the only way I was able to stop. I tried the controlled drinking which never worked. I went to rehab and was put I’m on medication and on March 3, 2023 I will have 29 months.
If you are physically addicted you will not be able to stop on your own. 
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