My Body Was Telling Me to Slow Down
I hope this message is read and helps give hope to people who are struggling to shake the grip of booze.I will be turning 44 years old in a few weeks. I have always been somewhat active and told myse…
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My Behavior Was Becoming Unacceptable
I went to the doctor and he referred me to an assessment centre that offered support for those with addictions. I was interviewed etc and attended some of their group sessions which were helpful. The…
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50 Trips to the E.R.
At first, I had gone to a detox facility a few times. I'd stay 3 days and then leave. I'd be drinking again soon afterward. Then, months later, a 90-day rehab program where I ended up getting kicked …
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I Committed Myself to Changing
I quit with the assistance of the local gendarmes. This was the much needed "wake-up" that I needed. I had attempted sobriety without success for the past decade. Upon being released from the county …
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I Was Going to Die
The way I quit was the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, a sponsor and the 12 steps. Most important of all turning my will and my life over to the care of God. Once I incorporated the 12 steps and my…
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A.A. Saved My Life
I went back to outpatient treatment first whichgive me strength to get back into AA. It was hard at first because i was so down on myself. Friends in AA helped me up off my knees back on my feet and …
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Life Started to Get Pretty Insane
My family hired professionals did and intervention on me. I followed what they said tho I didn't believe that I could stop. Then they took me to a detox unit. Then they gave me a one on one treatment…
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I Thought 'Everybody' Drank Until Closing Time
I got sober by regularly attending meetings, working the steps of AA and reading the big book. Ironically, I text my sponsor constantly since I'm not a "talk on the phone" lady. All my friends are fr…
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Learned Hard Lessons on Taking Responsibility
Guess what? I didn't. I watched women get more than one sometimes more than 3 warnings. for stealing, drinking, smoking and doing many other things. They kept getting chance after chance after chance…
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12 Steps Made Life Better
I went two Alcoholics Anonymous and listened, then joined an AA group. I went to lots of meetings with like-minded people and never felt better. I am still sober and now I help other people who have …
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Changed My Biochemistry
I used a nutritional approach - it works wonders to help stop alcoholism. I struggled for years trying all sorts of “programs” before I finally found out about the biochemical solution fo…
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I Was Sick of Being Sick
On the 21st of May 1981, I was sitting in a 24 hour pub in Sydney, it was the early hours of the morning around 3 am. When I had just ordered a double scotch ice with a shot of coke, because if you m…
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At the Bottom of a Deep, Dark Hole
I was always sorry. I kept making the same mistakes over and over believing that saying sorry was OK,and I'd never drink again. Then a few days would pass and what hurt I'd caused didn't seem importa…
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Stopped Drinking With Friends
However, when I shifted from reporting to the editorial office, I realized that I became an alcoholic. I consulted with a doctor friend, who advised me to stop drinking once-for-all.I tried to do, b…
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A DUI Helped Me Quit Drinking
AA helped immensely as did the court which sentenced me to 16 hours of alcohol education and some 20 hours of group sessions. One more 2-hour group session and the court mandated stuff is over. All e…
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