Thank you Everybody !!!

As you can see my user name is Newday - because today is a NEW DAY for me - I needed some guidance this morning so I did a quick net search, stumbled onto this forum and I have been glued to this screen for hours this morning, reading, reading and understanding a little more as to who I may be as an alcoholic. The invaluable posts, advice and comments here resinate with me sooooo much.

Richard in particular - I have copied many a sentence from your posts in response to those who need some support and understanding - and have put them in a special document for me to refer to whenever I need an analogy to bring me back to reality without a drink in my hand.

To "Everbody" I also say say Thank-You for taking the time to share. Just now my house seems a little bigger, my walls a little taller and my world a little larger.

I didn't make it.

All the world is a trade-out. To get something on one side of the deal , I have to give something up on the other.

My alcoholism is out in the parking lot doing pushups just waiting for a weak moment. And at that weak moment, it makes it’s move.


“There isn’t anything going on in your life right now that a drink will make better.” As long as I continue to believe that piece of wisdom, I have a good chance of going to bed tonight sober.

- shadowalker164 – Richard

The consequences of alcohol sometimes take a while to appear. I was quite functional for a while--I graduated with honors from a 4 year institution as an active alcoholic and drug user. A few years later, I gained over 100 pounds from beer mostly. I wanted to die every day. There was no fun in my life and had not been any fun for a long while. I always said that I would quit when I got bad. When I got so bad that I wanted to quit, I found it impossible. I tried counselors, psychiatrists, exercise, and religion--nothing worked.

When I ran out of ideas, I went to AA. AA stopped my drinking and fixed all of my other problems besides.

This is what I have experienced. AA would never work if I wasn't ready. So keep drinking, when you find consequences pulling your house down around you--go to AA--if want to stop, they can help you.


jims