well nobody knows me so I guess oh well but I fucked up I'm drunk
Are you ok stay in the fight I’m struggling too
dude it's too hard
Im feeling this post so hard right now the struggle is real….. r u ok?
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Dang man, being drunk is hard on us physically and emotionally. If you think it's hard to quit, please read the book, Alan Carr's quit drinking without willpower'. It can be easy and joyful to become a happy non drinker. Be easy on yourself while you recover from your hangover.
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Sorry to hear this. Stop trying to do this alone. Get to as many meetings as possible. Looks like there a plenty of them near you, 3 or 4 this morning even. You don't have to be sober to go to a meeting, all you need is to want to stop. Please go.
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well I have the worst hangover ever and I didn't drink that much so hopefully it's a deterrent not to do it again
Hangovers never deterred us in the past, and they aren’t going to deter us after this bender runs its course.
In fact, nothing will deter us - NOTHING. Our spouses can threaten to leave us forever. Our doctors can tell us we will die if we don’t stop. We’d rather drink than stay with the love of our lives, and we’d even rather drink than stay alive.
We have TOTALLY lost the power of choice in drink. And our drinking histories prove this over and over and over.
But there is a solution! Get together with alcoholics who are recovered - they KNOW how to stay sober. And if you are willing to do what it takes to stay sober, they will help you! 
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Research Alan Carr. He sure is a marketing guru. He can show you how to sell 20 books that say the same thing. He hasn’t the first clue how to help an alcoholic stay sober though. He’s just trying to cash in on their desperation to quit by repackaging l a mostly unsuccessful stop smoking program as a “stop drinking” program. He’s no good.
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I’ve been over a year sober and I lapsed on Friday night. It was awful and I feel terrible still just for putting my family through it but recovery isn’t linear. It’s a staircase and sometimes you fall down a few steps, what happens next is how we decided to step back up. But I’ll agree, it was very painful the next day. My family supported me through it and my boyfriend, support is so so important. You’re never alone in this.
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I'll do some of that research, thanks. The method makes sense to me though, and it really is true that there's no benefit to either smoking or drinking alcohol. It's not the only tool in my bag, but understanding the things in his books has helped me out.
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sounds like an a hole to me 
that's horrible
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you're amazing for getting that year I hope I can someday 
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Yeah. There’s lots of useful tools. But the problem with addiction is they only help avert relapse 80-90% of the time. And given that every relapse we suffer can be fatal, we need something that is 100% effective. We don’t have that kind of power, but there IS a solution.
For sure, and it can be different for each of us. I still think the easyway is a solid approach, and add in some fellowship of sober minded folks and service, for the win.
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