News of Alcohol Addiction

12 Step is not for me, for various reasons.
SMART sounds good, but if you lack self discipline, how do you get self discipline?

Inpatient would not work for me. I spent six years in prison, and I was bullied all through my childhood by a sibling and at school. I react violently to people trying to control me.

I'm on social security disability, have only Medicaid / Medicare.
I have BPD and clinical depression ...

Hi, has anyone ever been diagnosed with pancreatitis due to heavy alcohol consumption? I'm not asking for myself, but for a loved one. I'd like to hear your experiences with it if so. Thank you.

I have had an ongoing issue with alcohol - i have successfully quit on my own for long periods - months and months… i did this on my own w/out counseling. I made the mistake of thinking I could “have a drink” here and there - which led to a relapse and while at a family outing got intoxicated and got into an argument with my spouse and made. A fool of myself in public. ...

Hey everyone -
I’m wondering if anyone else out there has struggled having ASD and Alcoholism? I recently detoxed (about 12 days ago) and haven’t drank since but it just opens this whole world I feel like I have to look at. It’s so easy to not notice you’re different from other people when you drink but ... without that it’s difficult to like yourself. It’s not that alcohol made me “cured” of ASD ... ...

Alcohol made me so sick that I quit “for good” on January 1st.
Since then I’ve said I’m never drinking again. I’ve only ever drank to self medicate or from social pressure.

The thing is is that I don’t care, or at least it feels that way.

My therapist of 3 years couldn’t figure out why I self sabotage so much. All I know is I’m going into work for the first time since last ...

My alcoholism started when I first met my bf two years ago. He was/is an alcoholic and I was definitely drinking too much already so when we met all we did was constantly drink together. We were both going through a lot of heavy $#%^ so I guess it makes sense. It was easy to excuse it because we were both still functioning despite getting $#%^ faced every single night. Pretty much everyone around us ...

I was in a romantic relationship with my now, housemate/best friend from 2014 to around 2017. Today we are best friends and housemates. We both agree that we are better off this way as we are like “brother and sister” now. Our living arrangement is truly symbiotic.

She is physically attractive, has a kind heart, loves animals, but developed some deal-breaking flaws that around 2017, became apparent in conjunction with her experiencing menopause. Among them, ...

Amazed how quiet this forum is? No one drinking problems anymore?

I've just dropped by as this is my secondary area of 'addiction' - gambling been my main one, but part time a pretty good user of drink also over the years.

I'm finding lockdown pretty difficult in this area must admit - even people who don't normally over drink are now doing it a fair bit IMO.

Alcohol was the hardest addiction for me and I don't believe I will ever truly be free from it even though its about two years since a drop passed my lips.

I remember talking to an electrician at work many years ago and he'd been on nearly every drug. I asked him what he thinks is the hardest to quit. I knew what his answer would be when he said alcohol.

I didn't think it ...

I would consider myself a moderate drinker normally and heavy social drinker, and I have been that way for 30+ years. Alcohol was a big part of my life growing up and in the lives of virtually all of my family members-I was always surrounded by heavy drinkers. I have struggled with alcohol addiction for so long that getting heavily intoxicated at parties, having intense hangovers, and having several blackouts annually, seemed like a normal ...