Tired of feeling like a POS and embarrassed after a night of partying.
I always go extreme when I drink and I'm tired of ruining the image of myself.
Time for a change
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Please give AA a try - I know exactly how you feel. I used to wake up and grab my phone and start messaging people apologizing- I didn't even ask them what I did - it would just be like sorry for getting so drunk last night - people weren't harsh with me about it because they knew I was sick and they were addicts too
They would call me a "hot mess" and other people would accept it graciously and that meant I probably did something embarrassing to them or myself.
AA seriously works - all you have to have is a desire to stop drinking - no other requirements needed.
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Hi Eric, if you are sick and tired of being sick and tired and have had enough pain, I suggest that you try a design of living that really works, if 100% effort is given. Here comes my usual schpeel...
Go to in person meetings
Ask for help
Get a sponsor
Read the Book
Work the Steps with a Sponsor
Pray
Meditate
Be of Service
Help another
I do these simple things and a few others. I don't do them perfectly, I do give it my all and still make mistakes. I haven't picked up a drink due to the mistakes I make, for a while, one day at a time.
Perhaps you haven't had enough pain and will try to solve the problem your way, and the way you've done it before. I didn't enter my recovery journey on a winning streak, and was desperate to try something new. The definition of insanity goes here.
I saw what people with lingerie term continuous sobriety have something that I wanted. So I do what they did, it works. My hope for you is that you are so desperate and hit a bottom so hard that you'll take a courageous step today.
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100% that's what i do. This weekend I had enough of myself doing this to myself. Luckily I wasn't around friends this time.
I love my sobriety during the week. Just need to continue in the weekends. Cause I'm a huge weekend warrior, and i end up waste my time, money and confidence built all week.
I'm happy I found this app and can relate to others.
Thanks for the reply yo.
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For sure will look into it. I already have a sponsor in place and plan on using them next soccer match i attend.
No reason I. Can't enjoy a match without booze. It'll be hard but I'm determined. I quite marijuana 2 years ago, and I know what it takes.
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I vividly remember the first-time I went to a place that was precarious early into sobriety. It was a Ribfest Festival outside of Chicago. I let my Sponsor know where I was going and my concern. I knew there would be beer there.
We talked through it am came up with a plan. If triggered I would pray to my Hogher Power for help, remove myself from the situation, call my Sponsor and anyone else I needed to, to actually talk to someone.
I enter the festival and all is good, the smell if ribs cooking was fabulous. I see there is a beer tent, so far so good. I get closer and BAM!! The smell of stale beer hits me. I'm with my now exwife , kids and her friend. I let her know how I was feeling and followed the plan. I was talked through, I prayed and asked for help from my Higher Power. God was doing for me, what i couldn't do for myself.
With today's technology there is no reason for me not to pick up the 1000 lb phone and ask for help. It isn't as if I have to find a phone booth, have change for it, and remember a number! The youngsters may not have ever seen a phone booth.
It works if I work it.