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Welcome to MIP LivingSober...Glad to have you here...I don't know what you think about AA...But I would suggest checking out a meeting....In the mean time...Read this and see if it makes sense to you. And continue to read and post here....A lot of people here that would love to help you. You're in a good place.

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Hi i am new to this, and the first time talking about my alcohol problem online, I am in my early 20's, and have decided to get sober, It has been 1 week since I have been sober and its just getting more difficult over the time. For me it started as fun a year back in a pub, and till recent didnt realize it became a dependency, First it started of as a few and then the thirst didnt leave it went on for hours everyday till i blacked out a few times and started creating problems at the place where I stay at, I do realize alcohol is messed up, but i just dont seem to get it out of my head, I keep wishing from the time i wake up that i could just go back to the pub and have only 1 drink with my group of friends again. I just do not want to relapse and stuffing my self with food and smokes is only keeping me from doing that. 

Would really like someone to help or advise or suggest me to go see some doctors as there are no rehabs nearby where i stay.



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LivingSober wrote:

Hi i am new to this, and the first time talking about my alcohol problem online, I am in my early 20's, and have decided to get sober, It has been 1 week since I have been sober and its just getting more difficult over the time. For me it started as fun a year back in a pub, and till recent didnt realize it became a dependency, First it started of as a few and then the thirst didnt leave it went on for hours everyday till i blacked out a few times and started creating problems at the place where I stay at, I do realize alcohol is messed up, but i just dont seem to get it out of my head, I keep wishing from the time i wake up that i could just go back to the pub and have only 1 drink with my group of friends again. I just do not want to relapse and stuffing my self with food and smokes is only keeping me from doing that. 

Would really like someone to help or advise or suggest me to go see some doctors as there are no rehabs nearby where i stay.

Welcome to this forum, LS. If alcohol is causing you troubles over a long period of time, you may be an alcoholic. If you are an alcoholic (like many people here) you should consider some kind of treatment for it.  If you are unsure now about whether you are an alkie, I'd suggest going to a place where you could get a drugs & alcohol evaluation. You can look for a mental health care professional or a counselor who specializes, or is familiar with, addiction issues.

A lot of people here have chosen AA as their primary means of addressing their alcoholism. I am one. I couldn't stop drinking and getting drunk by myself. Eventually, I figured out I needed help.

If you already know that you are an alcoholic, then you would do well to consider the various programs that are available to help you. AA is one. Celebration Recovery is another, etc.  Use whichever one can help you the most. AA is what most of us talk about around here.

Welcome to Miracles In Progress.



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I would also check out AA. Sounds like you are in the UK - There are several members on the board here from the UK. A good thing about choosing AA as your means of recovery is that it is the most available. Food and cigarettes are crutches - yes....Your fellows in AA are healthier crutches in the meanwhile until you build up a recovery program. Once you reach out, get a sponsor and build a sober support network - this will not seem as monumental....Though maintaining sobriety is always work.

You have the rest of your life to socialize with friends. The fact that you cannot do it without drinking is a life threatening issue. It took me a few years to be in a bar setting and socializing and not feel any need to drink. I also go for weeks without going to bars because my friends are spread out in different places (they do not all congretate in a bar all the time). In the meanwhile, I wrapped myself in a safe AA bubble pretty much and did most my socializing there. It took me til I was 36 to do that. All I have are drunk, hazy memories of my 20s. This is your shot! You see it as awful to have this problem at such a young age. I see it as a blessing to recognize it at your age before it wrecks your whole life.

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Living Sober - if you are UK or English Speaking europe based, check out this website to find meetings http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/ take your courage in your hands and go to your first meeting. then go to your second one. Listen to learn, learn to listen. Maybe you need rehab, maybe you need detox - that's an issue for your doctor, not us.

I came to AA near on 6 years ago, it has done for me what I could not do alone, what my ex wife couldn't force me into, what my family couldn't do - changed my life.

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Welcome!

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WElcome to our family!

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Welcome to "MIP" LivingSober.



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Welcome:)

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Welcome to the site.  Look around, you might find some good information!smile



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