Newbie hopeful

[socky]

:new:

I've just joined, I decided to jump right in with a post because ...I don't really know. It'll make it real?

I need to cut al right out of my life, I can't moderate. Had a shitty Sunday because I got drunk as a skunk on sat nite and felt tired and crabby and ruined the day for my family. Truth to tell I give up alcohol every second day, then by 8pm the following evening I'm reaching for the bottle. I'm fed up with feeling bad about myself and need to get out of this cycle of guilt and shame. This is not who I want to be. So, here I am! Hoping to find support from others in the same boat.

[satori]

Newbie hopeful

Hey socky

Welcome to MWO

Well - you came to the right place - plenty of people here with great success stories to tell!

You CAN do this - download and read the book, read and post often and just become part of the gang!

The journey you are embarking on is a bit tough for the first few days - but is far from impossible.
It is also probably the best thing I have done in over 20 years hard drinking (I am currently 7 1/2 months Alcohol Free (AF) - and if I can do it - ANYONE can.

There is always someone on here 24/7 to talk to - and a wealth of experience to draw on.

Good luck - we are 100% behind you

Satori

[tlrgs]

Newbie hopeful

hi there..socky..welcome...we are here for you .read alot and post any or all the questions you may have.take it one day at a time .and good lock

[socky]

Newbie hopeful

Thanks for the welcome!

[4theboyz]

Newbie hopeful

Greetings Socky,

We are here for you and if I can do it so can you!! What got me through it was I found something(s) in my life that I knew in my heart were more important than AL and made them my goal and committed my efforts to those things. Even through the tears and self pity I never lost sight of those goals and I am here at one week AF and never felt better about myself and what I am doing. You gotta want it so when you are ready we are here.

:welcome:

[ready4change]

Newbie hopeful

Hi Socky,

I am also new to this as of today. I can totally relate to how you feel. I don't want to drink anymore. I don't like the person I become when I drink. I don't want to feel ashamed of myself in the morning. I want to be a super-awesome, energetic, fun mom and wife. I want my spirit to be light and carefree not weighed down with the guilt boozing presents to me. I want my daughter to grow up without the shame of alcohol. I am 34 and in my adult life have never lived without booze. My parents never drank much but my husband grew up in a house that abused alcohol (although I doubt he'd admit it). Drinking used to be a fun thing we'd do on the weekends when we were young and now it's like holding the remote, it's always there, every evening. I am embarking on being AF today. I am ready to change for me.....to feel good about me. To stop the cycle of overuse/abuse however you want to call it. To be healthy. I know I'll have many hirtles in the journey (like my husband's stock of wine) but I think at some point it's time to at least try to be a better me. I've been thinking about being AF for two years today is day 1. I will not let the monster determine my happiness. Know what I mean? Happy to meet you!

[cowgal]

Newbie hopeful

welcome!!

Welcome Socky and ready4change!!:welcome:

You will find this place kind, loving and supportive to you. Post and read often, come here any time you feel like drinking too, someone will be here to help you! You can go to CHAT too and someone is usually there to talk to any time of day or night..........

Welcome again, and good luck:goodluck: ................today is day 8 for me, so you CAN do this!!!!

Love:h and hugs:l !!!

Mary Anne

[Janice]

Newbie hopeful

4theboyz, socky & ready4change - welcome to MWO - its good to meet you!!! We are all here from all corners of the world because we have this terrible addiction in common. We are all here because we want to do something about it, we want to change!! Welcome! Looking forward to getting to know you!! Janicexxx

[socky]

Newbie hopeful

Thanks everyone,
it is a comfort to know that others are facing the same struggles and suceeding!

Ready4change, I know exactly what you mean. Everything that you wrote resonates, we seem to have the same motivation for being here. Except, it is I who grew up in a family with an unhealthy relationship with AL, both my husband and his family are moderate drinkers and my husband just doesn't see why I can't moderate, I guess he's not ready to admit that he married someone who has a drink problem! He knows though!

[rustop61]

Newbie hopeful

Hi everyone and welcome

You have come to a great place and there is lots of support. Read and join in on the different threads. A lot of us are taking it one day at a time ODAT and post each day on that particular thread. Feel free to come join us.

Rustop

[tea]

Newbie hopeful

Hi Socky, many welcomes to you. Nothing to add to the above just to say again to keep posting, ask whatever you like, we really are a diverse bunch here and you will fit right in.

Lx

[happy4once]

Newbie hopeful

Hi Socky and ready4change - welcome. What great attitudes you both have.

There are a lot of us here who are moms and a lot of us here who are fine all day and drink ourselves silly at night. I never knew before I joined that anyone else did this -- but it's quite common and the good news is there is a lot of success here.

Please download the book and order the supplements (and CDs if you can). I think the tools from MWO (the supplements, the CDs, the board/chat, the medication) all help us get through the withdrawal stage so we can keep our resolve.

Welcome and post often - looks like the two of you should buddy up: )

[Noelle]

Newbie hopeful

Welcome! Both of you will find out there are lots of people with the same or very similar problems. Post a lot and read, read, read.

[theshark]

Newbie hopeful

hi socky and ready4change

im new i stopped drinking on sunday after 2 weeks heavy drinking which itself was after a 5 week period of af ,i thought id cracked it after 5 weeks and was going to try and moderate my drinking but that went out of the window on the first day as i downed ten pints of lager obviosly i need help with this . i done this every day for the 2 weeks until sunday morning when i woke with the terrible fears and shakes and crying all day.
well its now tuesday an im still af but still very nervous and crying but hopefully things will get better

[Noelle]

Newbie hopeful

Shark, do you have any of the supplements or read the MWO book? I think all of these could help you a lot.

Stay here with us and things will get better.....they couldn't get worse, could they?