Thank you! I am 54 and stopped 3 weeks ago😊 You said it so good: stop or die. So I must continou this path! I ' ve tried many times... I will watch you a lot in the future, love your channel❤ Thanks
It’s worth it❣️. AA didn’t work for me and I white knuckled it! Mine was Chardonnay or pino Grigio and I’ve only recently realized that I was bad for 6 months! I can tell the exact day I quit because my dog tripped me going UP the stairs and I broke my left humerus into a million little pieces, as described by the orthopaedic surgeon! Due to having to wait for nearly3 weeks for surgery it had tried to heal so he said it was like a giant jigsaw puzzle! Turned out that I was severely osteoporotic and my bones were like glass. I am finally undergoing counselling with the correct type of psychologist and have been sober 12 years, yay me
People need to be careful with alcohol withdrawal. My son was abusing alcohol and had seizures during withdrawal. He’d never had a seizure before in his life.
I appreciate how open you were about AA and how people hit on you. I’m trying to go sober currently and I have men trying to “swoop in” and talk to me about it. And I always get irritated thinking how often this happens.
I'm coming up on 6 years sober from heroin, crack, benzos you name it and I hated meetings. I just felt I don't want to talk about 4 years of my life for the rest of my life and some of the self indulgence and excuses really annoyed me. I went to a woman's only meeting amd that was worse some of the stories I heard made me want to go out and use they were so horrific and iff meetings help those women all power to them but its just not for me. I went online and tried to find a recovery group that wasn't based in religion amd there's none. I might start my own you can be a great, kind lovely person and not be a "christian".
I’m 63 and I relate to you in so many ways. I came back from a vacation and I drank 3 bottles of liquor and several bottles of wine and I had to drive back 500 miles with the shakes . I decided I needed to do something. I have been sober 10 days now and I do feel better. It doesn’t help that my husband is an alcoholic also and begs me to drink with him
Great that you realized that and quit when you did. I'm not a drinker (have other issues though), but I do wish every alcoholic could see themselves drunk like everyone else who lives with or spends time with them does. Many times they like like totally different people. I lived with a relative who drank hard, and did amphetamine, simultaneously, for 14 years. It was a nightmare. I watched him go through rehab at least 10X and would enjoy a few weeks or months of this other person. But then, back we go. He continued to drink hard over another 20 years before quitting at a low point. Shock he was able to quit. His own dad died a horrible alcoholic, literally in a gutter. My family member is a writer, too. Still is. Amazing how many writers, are alcoholics. We watched many family friends drink themselves to death. It takes a real special person to get out of that hole. Congrats. So glad you had the strength to save yourself. I'm sure you really made your family and real friends quite happy and relieved as well. I like your videos so much. We have a lot in common, even if not the drinking. It's hard not following the normal getting married, having kids path sometimes. Leaves us with many more decisions.
Yeah AA never been for me! 45 now & trying for the 3rd time in my life to stay off the vino (red) for me! So hard though. Managed 6 years before & well life did not exactly improve so find it weird how life can get so much better for some once sober but not always the case. Got worse for me & I relapsed when lockdown hit. Trying to find reasons to sober up again. 😢
I was an alcoholic, 2 months sober here in Australia. I wish I could say it was my decision but I drank a bottle of vodka a day for 3yrs after losing my mum and ended up in hospital with pancreatitis and now if i drink i risk losing an organ that stopped me!😊
I rarely make comments on other people's drinking but I read yours and thought straight away, your probably not an alcoholic. Firstly an alcoholic never says " I was an alcoholic", we are always an alcoholic, even sober, and secondly if your drinking only excelerated after your mum died good chance is you just couldn't deal with death and it was easier to self medicate and you became a hard drinker. An alcoholic will drink no matter what, we drink because we have to, not necessarily because we want to, most don't want to. I'm 16 years sober now, my mum died 3 years ago, my dad picked up the wine to cope with it, I picked up chocolate. If I drink i become very dangerously anti social, Dr Jeckle, Mr Hyde and I will hurt people, physically and emotionally and I had no conception about how my behaviour was wrong until I got a really great sponcer in AA and did the 12 step. Yes I got hit on in AA and I left after 11 years going but I still talk to my sponcer and when shit comes down the shoot and my thinking goes messy he reminds me not to sit in the self pity to long, shit happens, people pass away, life goes on. My dad is still drinking from 11am in the morning and told me he's the alcoholic in the family not me, my response was , nothing, you can't argue with people who are drinking. He's found solace in his wine because he can't deal with being alone. If you can get a copy of The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous page 20 and 21 says "certain type of hard drinker" ,"If a sufficiently strong reason- I'll health, falling in love, change of environment or the warning of a doctor- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate". If you are a real alcoholic chances are you'll pick up again or mentally get worse without someone helping you understand your disease, thats what is happening to my daughter, she put the drink down and is now crazy as a shit house rat. I wish you all the best and the steps are a great way to live your life even if your not an alcoholic. 🇦🇺
Hi, I'm in Australia too. My mum died 3 years ago so i feel your sadness, was horrific. Im 16 years sober now and have been really blessed to have been taken through the steps in AA with a great sponcer. My husband passed away from cirrhosis of the liver 2 years ago, I went 1 way, and he went the other, such is life as Ned Kelly would say. Sending you alot of love on your journey. ❤
@@tinkingtinking2134 Thank you so much for your thoughts and kindness. So sorry for your loss and hearing what you’ve been through, though it does gives me hope that life does go on and we are not suffering alone that we will all feel loss and grief’s touch in this world xo many blessings to you.
I love your attitude! I'm 53 and grew up with an alcoholic parent. He never got help.😢 You were aware and now you can enjoy life!! Proud of you for looking after #1. ❤
Bravo for your courage and tenacity! Alcohol is the worst addiction there is because it can be found everywhere. My family was also affected by it which is why I always stayed away from it.... I love you! Keep going! You are so inspiring!
