Welcome. You are in the right place. Share with us so we can help you with our experience, strength & hope. I pray that you will find comfort among us.
Hello and welcome to MIP Corey! Glad you stopped in.We are here for each other and to share our message of hope and our promise of freedom from active addiction to alcohol.WE have found a better way to live,a day at a time following and applying simple suggestions into our lives,thoughts and actions.Let us know whats going on and we can share our experience,strength and hope on things that worked and didnt work for us.There is a solution to the dilemma and if you 'HAVE THE DESIRE" to stop WE can work together to let you know there is another way to live.....Hope to hear more from you....Keep coming back okay...........
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
Clipper, welcome! Sorry to hear about your losses. Now, you are on the cusp of a great decision....We call it a moment of clarity. You know that none of your deceased family would want you to be a slave to alcohol in mourning them. The absolute best thing you can do to honor them is to enjoy the live they don't have and to be happy, joyous, and free (and sober). Not saying this to make you feel guilty about any time you have wasted drinking, only to reinforce your choice and to congratulate you for getting to the point where you realize it just doesn't make sense and isn't working any more. Some folks just drink themselves to death. I also drank to medicate depression and didn't take into account that taking copious amounts of a depressant to deal with depression was insane. Also drinking to the point of losing everything is not a sane way to cope with loss either, but it would seem you have realized this now.
So glad you are here with us. It seems overwhelming to get sober. You just need to keep reaching out and it will be okay. The biggest hurdle for me was getting to that first AA meeting. From there, I was welcomed and it was all spelled out for me. I just did what they told me to do an the support I got was incredible.
Mark
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Keep coming back. It works if you work it. So work it. You're worth it!
Welcome to "MIP". Coping with the loss of a family member is certainly difficult. It's an all too real experience that can impact our lives in a very precarious way. The combination of grief and certain addictive behaviours -like drinking- can be a recipe for disaster, if allowed too. Here's the good news though; you have options, and "AA" has solutions. Please...give recovery a chance, and "AA" that much more. It will be the best decision you'll ever make, bar none.
You've come a long way clipper, why turn back now. Sobriety can offer us so much more. Call it, a greater glimpse of a more promising future; a bright and sunny "sober" tomorrow that beckons in delight with each passing day. Every day brings you that much closer, that much happier and much more humble. Just another reason "why" we should stay the course, despite all else. I hope you're able to...ODAAT.
~God bless~
-- Edited by Mr_David on Saturday 3rd of September 2011 11:49:24 PM
Welcome, and yes for me, going to my first AA meetings were a HUGE relief because I could finally speak honestly about people who have the same problem I do. I highly recommend checking out a few different meetings to see which ones are right for you.
Keep coming back okay...........