This is the Support I've Been Longing For!

[MossRose]

This is the Support I've Been Longing For!

Mel, how you doing? Thinking of you.

[Buddysmom]

This is the Support I've Been Longing For!

Welcome Minnie,

This is a great place for support. When I was 24 I knew there was something wrong with the way I drank, but my friends and family put up with it so they wouldn't lose a drinking buddy. Almost 30 years later I am finally getting it. I went to an AA meeting and heard something that really stays with me now. Don't let your family and friends kill you. While you are chasing the bottle, they are chasing you. They will unintentionally undermine your desire and attempt to be sober. They don't want believe that their loved one has this problem, so they will overlook, enable and justify all those destructive things you do to yourself in the name of love.

You had your wake up call, and you are alive to tell the tale. It could have been (and has been for some of us) so much worse. I can't get back the years I lost to drinking, but I look forward to being sober and healthy for the rest of my life. Imagine the things you could have done on those days lost to blackouts and hangovers!

Keep coming back, especially when you feel like having a drink. This site has helped me not relapse just by logging in.

[3June2013]

This is the Support I've Been Longing For!

Minnie if you're lurking say hello. Let us know how you're doing, ok?