Thank You In One Post

[nailedit]

Got a post from last week on the go and one from tonight.

Just wanted to conslidate them into one post and say thank you to all
who have responded, so,
Thank you.

[nailedit]

Just to clear up any misunderstandings,
1) Im drinking my savings.
My weekly income isnt great but I have savings which im living on
and which are quickly diminishing.

2) For most of my life i have had a drink problem. For the most part ive managed to hide it or at least function with it.

3) I hate myself for most of my posts on here as they have been
written in drink.

[Spungle]

Please see my responses on your thread 'Addiction'. Help is there, today, if you want it. I would urge you to reach out. Very best wishes to you, Nailedit. You too can recover, if you choose to.

[Old_Geezer]

Perhaps try to change 3 first ? Don't beat yourself up when you need your support & encouragement. It's a poor strategy to criticise oneself too much.

[jourdain2]

As O-G said, nailedit. Love the good in yourself - and the good we can see in you. Things are on the up - go with it. :)

[nailedit]

Such a lot of lovely people that arnt high or drunk or wasted on this site...
gives me hope!

[Barsel]

You asked before, what do other people think about those who have addictions and all I can say is, unless you've had an addiction, you don't know what it feels like and how difficult it is to understand.
Most people will still want to give you encouragement and I do wish you all the best nailedit.

[nailedit]

Thanks Barsel.
currently wasted.

[naomi24]

Nailit, don’t beat yourself up. Perhaps others here aren’t telling you what they’re dealing with. As I said before, few live trouble-free lives. Listen to Spungle. He’s giving you good advice - and as he said on the other thread by giving AA another go you have nothing to lose. You won’t wait for help so that alone is worth thinking about.

[Hazlinny]

Sometimes, Nailedit, the people who try to help (and here I mean family and friends) actually suffer more than the person who is addicted toalcohol - that person is in a sort of cloud-cuckoo land and unaware of what they are doing while family look on helpless to make their loved one see the light - they often have to seek help through Al-Anon.
Be kind to yourself and think of others. x

[nailedit]

Drank today the equvilent of 15 pints.
noT proud of it....ashamed,
want it to stpo
want it to stop,,,,

[Barsel]

I'm sure we are all looking forward to the day when you come on here and say, 'Guess what, I haven't had a drink all day!'

[Arksided]

A shame that more folk on AB aren't as honest as Nailit.

Again all the best to you fella.

[nailedit]

Getting sober is relativly easy...............
its staying sober thats hard. and that goes for any drug, wet or hard.
Ive got sober in the psych ward a few months ago, for 43 days,
and lost my job and then drank for england...
It started off as a one off and quickly became the norm again.

Im shaky and sweaty in the day again.
I dry wretch and cant face food.
I cant face light.
Im constantly sweating until
ive had a drink.
I cant face life.

[Arksided]

Well a good thing that you feel confident to post on AB, and lot do care for your predicament.

[Peter Pedant]

spungle good
the change has to come from inside you Nailit