I'm still a functional alcoholic. I've been sober for

Recovery
#1

I'm still a functional alcoholic. I've been sober for years at a time before, I've lost 3 family members this year, lost a job, and I have several family members in poor health. I am not a Christian, lay it on me y'all

#2

Are you happy with your life? I mean there’s not much you can do about the health of family, so that’s not really applicable. But are you ok with intermittent sobriety, insecure employment, and whatever feelings your religious affiliations afford you?

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#3

You definitely have to want it badly enough to put in the work. You will eventually turn into a nonfunctioning alcoholic. You just may not realize it. Best of luck on your journey

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#5

I was a high functioning alcoholic. Business owner, never called in sick at my 15 years of outside employment... then one day a coworker asked me if I thought I might have a problem. I respected this peer and I had even trained her for her position as well as collaborated on many projects with her over the years. Her observation was the end of my "functional alcoholism". We talked many hours that day about my life outside of work. I began my journey in recovery the next day. August 3, 2008. It has had its upside and down side but as of today, I choose my recovery. I couldn't find it within myself to give everything I have discovered about myself away again. Today I am a functional member of society instead of a "functioning alcoholic". I aspire to do more than survive at the base level of my addiction feeding frenzy.

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#6

Do you want sobriety? I think everything else is irrelevant. The only important thing is whether you truly and wholeheartedly want something different than what you have.

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#7

Yes, very much, and I currently have two jobs, a wonderful partner, happy that I am no longer a Christian, and am a very positive person

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#8

I can't forget losing my uncle, grandmother, and mother in a 3month period, and be responsible for all the arrangements for all 3. So this just seems like a chore vs a lifestyle change. Also, I used to be a chef, no, not like Rachel Ray, but managed kitchens and fixed my own 3rd degree burns. I just feel this might take awhile. And drop the religious aspect of possible

#9

I’m a chef too. Or, used to be? I’m a dining services manager now instead. Less stress. Less temptation to get fucked up.

I’m not religious either. And it took me 25 years to finally do it So I get it. I feel like we are kindred somehow.

If you’re happy, that’s progress right? Because severe active addiction is miserable.