thought my name meant something but now unsure

[gettingready]

Hi,

I having let my drinking of Bud get way out of control. ive even been stupid enough to add opiates so that i could be a very high functioning drinker. I tried to stop for 2 days and felt pretty lousy. Had to again to function, be a mom, cook supper, and go to work for the rest of the week. I decided to give detox a try and took a few days off from work. Wasnt completely honest or dishonest. Said i wasnt sure what i was going to do. May clean, go out of town, hide my car and regroup alone, etc. to my friends and co-worker. When in reality, i wanted to go to a detox center and get through the first bad days and then say no more. Well, guess what? I got off work at 7:00 tonight, told myself id get a six pack because i wasnt starting until tomorrow. Well, my name--getting ready--may not even fit at all. What the ?!?@?2???@
is wrong with me. I know so much about addiction. Ive read, read, and re-read. So lost, scared, disgusted, and partly dont give a FFFFFFF! Well there you go. What a nice hello from me.

[available]

thought my name meant something but now unsure

Hi GR we all have ways to say hello on here, the first step is that u did say hello and u have come to a great site. I cant remember what my first post was just that i had done it and admitted to being a drinker and wanted help and support. Now up to day 11 and im getting there. Only you can decide to try and give up drinking, no one else, everyone in the world can try and help you but if you are not ready then nothing will help.

this site is great for support and help from the oldies to the recently new. If not for here i would not have made day 11 let alone day 2. It hasnt been easy as you will probably read but i feel a lot better and have met some great people on here to help me through.

good luck GR and welcome to the fold

[gettingready]

thought my name meant something but now unsure

thanks for responding. i know you are so proud of yourself. i sure would be and hats off to you. how bad are withdrawals. did you do it at home

[gettingready]

thought my name meant something but now unsure

i think i will feel too bad to make it through a few days. no money for insurance, i guess ive drank those dollars away

[available]

thought my name meant something but now unsure

GR i have been a drinker for many many years but got to the stage i was having days off work, drinking everynight, no motivation, staying in bed, not showering, getting up to drink. up to two bottles a day but did leave a bit in the bottle so i cld say "well i did not drink it all". mmm how dumb was i!

I decided on 1/11/11 that i wanted to give up smoking but typed in give up drinking and came upon this site. Still smoking. I have done it by myself and the help of this site. Lots of ppl on here go on meds but i havent. for some reason i have just set my mind to it and given it my best shot. i have no AL in the house, i now go for walks without money and avoid bottle shops. i am listening to relaxation cds.

i have yet to download the jason vale book which all i have heard are good stories. very positive. The older ones on this site can give you more advice. If you go to the newbies thread (do a search) they are a great start.

At first i sweated at night and cld not sleep, the tremors were terrible but these have subsided. i am getting headaches but one of the guys on here posted why this cld be. so off to get vitamins tomorrow. GF if you want to try u have to think positive and if u fail then u get back up and try again. u want help as u have come on here so my advice is to give it ago, you may suprise yourself.

[Willow23]

thought my name meant something but now unsure

Hi GR, I'm new, joined yesterday. I'm on Day 5 AF. It's not easy by any means but I'm doing it myself at home, and with the support of this site. Some people get meds but I don't want to, and as I wasn't drinking every single day (but getting wrecked every other day usually) I haven't felt it necessary to involve my doctor at this stage. Time will tell I guess! Everyone deals with it in their own way.

You've done an amazing thing, coming here like Available said. If you want to do it, you will. Some of the older members here advised me to make a plan to quit, and use the Toolbox part on here too, that's really useful. I'm also writing down at home a daily journal of how I feel, what I'm thinking etc - which I'm really hoping will be useful further down the line too. Be nice to look back and see how far I've come.

All the best x

[Doggygirl]

thought my name meant something but now unsure

Hi gettingready. I applaud you for recognizing the need to stop, and also for recognizing that help detoxing is very appropriate. Detoxing from alcohol can be dangerous depending on how much you have been consuming and for how long.

I was able to detox at home, but I had my husband there to watch over me in case I had issues (i.e. seizures). Do you have someone at home who can review information to recognize a problem and get you to a hospital if needed?

DG

[gettingready]

thought my name meant something but now unsure

thanks for all the responses. no, i am separated, partially due to my drinking and have asked my ex to take the boys to his house while i try to do this thing on my own--so no one is here
did make it 7 days one time about 7 months ago, pretty banging headaches, no sleep, horrible upset stomach, muscles aches, cold sweats, mild shaking---i drink about 8-12 12 oz. cans of bud a day--what do you think?