Please read my profile bio if you have the time. I would like people to get to know me and my story.....which is quite shocking to most Any comments would be so helpful to me and very much appreciated.....
I saw absolulety nothing "shocking' about your story. Typical alcoholic just like the rest of us. Just an observation: You may benefit from trying to identify instead of comparing. Just a thought, as I struggled with that one for a quite a while. When I finally realized there's nothing special about me I began to identify & then began my journey through recovery.
Congrats on your sober time. Keep coming, go to meetings, get a sponsor, work the steps. It gets better, then it gets different, then better, then different .......... I"m so glad you're here.
(((hugs)))
Jen
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Thanks for sharing! Like doll says, we can totally relate and have pretty much been there. You are not alone! The great part is you were honest with your folks and now we move forward!
It sounds like you have some great possibilities in front of you if you keep on the right path! Life can be so good if we let it!!! Hang in there!!!
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
Unless I miss my guess, you are absolutely appalled that you actually had a seizure because of alcohol....well, so did I; I thought that it could only happen to skidrow drunks (whatever that means, whoever they are...) I am a single, self supporting suburbanite- educated, smart and perfectly capable of deep denial. It was terrifying and humiliating. Prior to the seizure I was trying to convince my family that the hallucinations I saw were real. This could not be happening to ME. I just wanted you to know that while it is one of the more awful "bottoms"...there is self respect on the other side...with sobriety. Keep posting. Beachgirl
You brought so much back to me and I am just so truly grateful that I have AA in my life and that I am sober today. I couldn't possibly stay sober without going to regular meetings, working the steps with my sponsor and getting as involved in service as time allows.
Please keep posting and sharing with us, won't you? I'm so glad that you are here with us.
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
hi one of the symptoms of a fit coming on are seeing visions, or having hallucinations you need to go to your doctor and mention this day as epilepsy is not something to mess around with. i speak from experience cheers peter.
Thanks for the advice. I did spend three days at the hospital after having the seizures (two of them I actually had at the hospital) for tests At the time, the Doctor did not know how much I drank, but since then, I have admitted to all of my doctors my problem. I think that that part of it is under control.....as long as I stay in control. I have hallucinated once also. This was maybe a few weeks before my seizures. So, anyway that's how bad it got. Yuck! Again thanks for any advice. I appreciate it all.
Any comments would be so helpful to me and very much appreciated.....
