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    ozwald

    :new:Hi everyone

    I'm a 30 year old male whose self employed and I have been drinking for the past 15yrs.
    However I don't drink daily, but every friday after work I start lightly then the rest of the weekend becomes one long day of drinking and partying. Two years ago I met a beautiful lady wwhom we fell immediately inlove within no time we moved in together, and she was fine with my weekend binges. Until recently when she started feeling neglected and I waisted a loy of money on alcohol as I had a huge following because I was usualy paying. I have alwys known that I had a problem with alcohol, I have tried many times to quit on my own but dismaaly failed. But this last incident that is costing me the love of my life is the last straw, I definately need to quit drinking for good because my behaviour when I'm drinking leaves so ashamed and regretful the next day. Please help before I lose everything that ever mattered to me. I wish I could stop this weekend craving of alcohol.
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    ozwald

    Hi Ozwald and :welcome: to MWO

    You sound ready to quit as this binge drinking is costing you too much.

    Because you are young it would benefit you to read Joan Larsen's book ' seven weeks to sobriety', it will help you understand the kind of drinker you are and the possible reasons.

    It is important that you stop this before your life descends into more chaos.

    Join the newbies nest and look in the toolbox thread for tips and ideas.

    You CAN sort this out Ozwald so don't panic.

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      ozwald

      Welcome Ozwald, yes I can understand where you are coming from. I myself was a weekend drinker for many years, but during those weekends I could be a right pain in the neck, when all I thought I was doing was 'having a good time'. If alcohol is having negative effects it's time to change it.
      I used the Sinclair Method to beat my alcoholic drinking.

      Drank within safe limits for almost 2 years

      AF date 22/07/13

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        ozwald

        Hi Ozwald, it's a good thing you've figured this out now. I believe that binging almost inevitably progresses to daily drinking, and I present myself as exhibit A. Have you consulted a doctor? I've failed at quitting so many times I finally broke down and sought medical help last month. Although I'm only a little over two weeks alcohol free, the anti-craving meds have helped immeasurably. I always cracked around the two week mark in the past. Anyway, welcome and best of luck to you in achieving your goals.
        In the middle of my life's journey, I found myself in a dark wood, as I had lost the straight path. It is a difficult thing to speak about, how wild, harsh and impenetrable that wood is. Just thinking about it recreates the fear. It is scarcely less bitter than death, but in order to tell of the good that I found there, I must tell of the other things I saw there. --Dante, paraphrased

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          ozwald

          Hi, Ozwald,

          Welcome from me too. Long ago I drank on weekends. Then somewhere along the way I graduated into nightly drinking at home alone (unless I was invited to a friend's house). Anyway, my drinking was the cause of a number of break ups. That's what my last straw was this time. I'd been sober before for a year here (AA) and a year there (RR), but it was my experience with baclofen this time around that makes me know I'll not go down the drunk road again.

          Read lots. There's weeks worth, if not months worth, here and keep posting.

          Here's to better days for all of us!

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