I’m really struggling to quit drinking I need

Struggling Help
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I’m really struggling to quit drinking I need some help

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#2

What’s led you to your current state of struggling?

#3

If you care to share, you don’t have to.

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#4

It just started every weekend now it’s almost every day

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How long ago did it transition from every week to every day? Was there something in particular that happened to trigger this?

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I moved away from my family to start a new job so can make a better life for us but I just started going backwards I was sober for many years then moved away got depressed so I drink to forget how much I miss my family

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#7

I’m not married nor have kids however I have moved away from home multiple times and I know it’s hard. We tend to as humans to regress and fall back into old, comfortable patterns especially when we have a void, such as lack of family around. Got any hobbies that don’t include drinking? What things do you think you could implement to help you fill the void of missing your family so you can resist and refrain from drinking?

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#8

Hey Scott! So, you were sober before… how did you get and stay sober before? I ask because I kinda had a similar experience. I got sober and connected into my local sober community. Years later I moved, and I never got connected after the move. I got very lonely living a sober life in a non sober world. I suggest you go find some local sober support at meetings. Have you ever been to an AA meeting?

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#9

I love working out and running that’s what help me the first time I got sober

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#10

I have been to AA meetings before and what got me sober before was working out and running I just don’t have any motivation I just want to drink

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You mean you don’t want to deal with life. You just want to escape via getting drunk. What’s it going to take for you to “want” to stop? What do you want to lose…your family, your job, your health? I hope you find the motivation before things get worse…and you know it will only get worse. Maybe tomorrow you can wake up and make a decision that you are not going to drink just for that day.

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#12

Hey Scott, have you spoke to a doctor? I admitted myself into a detox center under the exact preface you’re talking about. With detox, counseling and medicine, I’m able to control my addiction/habit. I knew I’d never be able to quit drinking 100% and I accept that. I’d be happy to chat more about our situations.

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#13

I’m going to not drink tomorrow and if I feel like drinking my I talk to you

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#14

I haven’t went to a doctor I always think I can do it on my own

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Please don’t :pray:drinking will take you out. Get to an AA Meeting. Go in person. Plug in with positive people you will get out this funk your in. Drinking will spiral :cyclone: you in a very bad direction. I’m praying :pray: for you. Stay positive stay focused get to a meeting find a sponsor and work the program. You can do this. Stay positive

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#16

You really need to get to a point of desperation if you’re going to change. Maybe you will hit a bottom before you lose everything and I do mean EVERYTHING. It doesn’t have to get to that point it’s all up to you.

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#17

Oh honey I can super relate. My husband moved 8 hours away when our son was really young to make a better life for us. I stayed behind because my grammie and dad were dying and I needed to be there for them. It caused my husband to feel the same way you do and he started drinking. To this day he was drinking and that was 7 years ago. We are together now in the same place and now he is finally realizing that he needs to be sober for himself and us. He is going to counseling and finally picked a quit date. So praying he does this for himself and stays sober. The worst thing is when he was gone I started drinking too. I thought I was ok but I wasn’t. So I did what I had to do and have been sober for three years now and it feels amazing. That way I can be there for my son and husband. You can do this. You realize the problem and so now you need to address it. Blessings to you :blush:

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#18

Hi Scott. Our disease is progressive. You may need more help than before. Dr., Detox, meetings. I went out after 8 years and it was torture to get back but by the grace of God,I did. I celebrated 23 years clean and sober in November

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#19

Yes absolutely

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#20

Alcohol on a regular basis add$ up pretty fast too.