You can do it, the first step is realizing there’s a problem. Personally I think it’s harder to just straight out quit… so I would recommend downing your intake a day until it gets to zero. In the meantime, use that time to learn about you. Learn what your triggers are, figure out if there’s meetings around you, get a therapist or a journal to write in to help you. Mental health is a big thing when you’re trying to be better so make sure to take care of yourself.
Start going to meetings. You have already admitted drinking is a big issue for you so that’s where you need to focus.
Go to inpatient treatment., Get clean for you because you are ready
Go to meetings hun, maybe even therapy. If you can, possibly inpatient. You’re ready because you’ve done the hardest part…you have admitted it’s a problem. Best wishes and God bless hun❤
Put in the work One day at a time. Actions speak louder then words. Everything will be ok in the end. If it’s not, it’s not the end.
As a child of a parent who was an alcoholic you won’t stop until you truly want to n it will destroy almost everything/everybody around you till u decide to stop. I suggest you go to an intensive inpatient rehab cause u really do not want your life going into a downward spiral n losing everything because of alcohol.
If you are in withdrawal go to a hospital. (Preferably with a detox unit. They will help you start the process.) if not In withdrawal look for an in patient service. If the inpatient services don’t have any openings get your self to an outpatient site and they will do everything in their power to get you the help you need. (I worked at an outpatient site and was able to see many people gain sobriety. First step is to want to change and know where to turn to. AA meetings will help you as well but from my work experience the AA meetings are better for after you start to become sober not a first step. However, everyone is different. Do what is best for you but take that first step and reach out. Having a good support system will also help you from relapsing. I hope you find the help you are looking for.
You need a good solid support system. If you don’t have one organically making your own is fine. How you make your own is you submerge yourself into recovery world. Everyone outside recovery needs to be asked to keep alcohol out of your senses. No smell, taste, or seeing it. Anyone that can not respect your recovery, or is in active addiction needs to go.
I am 9 years clean. There is hope. Please save yourself and reach out for help. Even if you hate AA you can find some amazing friends there. You can even go to NA, which I personally prefer. You got this.
Join AA and make a conscious decision to stay away from place and people who drink.
You deserve peace and happiness. 
You have to want to stop and you have to be willing to put the work in. Period.
Take a step back and really examine yourself and your life.
Think about what you want long-term. Think about how sobriety is going to help get you there.
And work for it.
Go to meetings. Get counseling. Take the steps. It’s very few worthwhile things don’t have a little hard attached to them.
Talk to God. Make the decision not to drink. Find A treatment center to check in for therapy and rehab. Keep talking to God. Keep working the program. God will help you but you have to take the steps. Prayers
You have to want to stop. Then take it day at a time. Start with meetings.
Get into a program somewhere -NOW!!!
I’m proud of you! You are moving in the right direction! Call a treatment facility and see if they have a bed available. CALL ALL OF THEM! Get yourself in and start healing. When you complete the program…. Go to meetings! They are so important to your recovery. You can do it! Praying for you!
Youve taken the hardest step by admitting you have a problem
Now you start attending AA meeting. Get yourself a sponsor who will help you stay dry. You want it bad enough…youre strong enough to do it.
Go to AA or a dry out clinic. You realize you have a problem which is really amazing. Don’t think about relationships for a year. If they love you, they will be waiting for you when the time is right. It may be that you need a life without alcohol in it so your relationship with them may not be what you need in a year’s time. Take the first step to living without alcohol or drugs. I don’t drink and people who do can seem very boring when you go out with them. It is possible to have a great night out without alcohol and I do it all the time.
Get the help you need. Go to meetings. Clean yourself up.
You got this!! You are aware of your problem and you sound like you’re ready to make that change before you lose it all.
Go to meetings. It’ll help
Meetings and therapy/counseling also realizing what’s more important to yourself. The booze or a life. Nothing comes good from drinking learned the hard way.
If you’re acknowledging that you have a problem, then you’re ready to get help. You may feel bad for the situation at hand, but realizing you have a problem and wanting to get help is the first step. Take the next step. Don’t focus on what has happened in the past, focus on your future. Get help. Learn to love yourself. Learn to make good choices for yourself. Once you’re well, everything else will be easier. Best of luck!
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Join this group. There’s a lot of helpful people on here.
You can’t do it alone…find support, some therapy. You can do this, but only when you’re ready to. I support you
You can do this. You need to find out if you have underlying depression and/ or anxiety and are maybe self medicating. Getting treatment will help you no longer desire to self medicate. I would also recommend a detox and treatment program. Will help you to get sober and stay that way for a bit.
You have to really want to change. Change doesn’t come easy but it is possible. You have to try. Go to meetings, stay away from alcohol. Invest in yourself.
Crisis center is an option. I went thru them when I had my drinking battles. They helped with the withdrawal symptoms and helped me get into therapy
Go to therapy and get on naltrexone. It’s a life saver. Keeps you from drinking and kills the cravings
Try programs. You can also talk to your doctor about a prescription medication that will make you sick if you drink
You have already made the first step! Keep going. Please take the others advice and attend programs.
Make today the day you start stopping. No more. If you feel like you need a drink message me and I’ll talk to you.
You did the first thing. You admitted there is a problem. Go to meetings. Maybe counseling could help. It is an addiction that most need help with.
Congratulations!
You have taken the first step.
You need to find a program that will help you, aa or therapy or something…
Proud of you!
As a recovering alcoholic meetings never worked. I went and drank went and drank honestly the thing that got me sober was the fact I was dying. I had a baby and didn’t want to die. I wanted to be alive for my son. My liver was so fatty and corroding that I had to change. You have to change for you. Whatever reason you have. Find it within.
Hey girl, the first step is realizing you have a problem, however! Do it for you, not for them… AA is a great tool. You can get a sponsor and they will help you whenever you feel like you need a drink. As well as other programs! Good luck! You got this
As a lot of people have commented you need to attend AA. You might not hear your story from everyone, but you will definitely hear parts of what you’re going through. Just take what you need off the shelve and leave the rest at the door. Things will turn around for you if you take care of the problem. Going to AA can completely turn your life around, I know I did it and I got into the program at 25 years of age and have learned and appreciated how to live life without the booze.
Get a support system/ group. It’s so hard and it’s with you always but I can promise it’s so rewarding and I haven’t felt better ever. My sleep, skin, weight, brain fog alllll gone.
You’ve made the first step, and it’s the hardest. You got this
I started with just a 30-day sobriety. And I felt SO MUCH BETTER afterwards, that I never went back. Start small, and join a local support group. You CAN do it!!
Get help or don’t. Those are your only two options! When you’re ready you will know.
you’re stronger than you feel
You’ve did the hard part admitting you have a problem great job . Second is getting help to get sober aa is great but after you detox from alcohol . Third aa . Fourth stay away from anyone who drinks period they will drag you back in . Unfortunately you will lose a lot of people out of your life but it’s for YOU not them . I’m telling this for your own health . I’ve had two liver transplants ( cause by a blood disease I was born with ) not alcohol or drugs . It’s hard to get on a list for transplant but if your a user of anything !! Your denied until your clean for atleast a year . You can die in that year . So please get help .
If you see a therapist you can find out why you drink and that can help you stop.
You drink because you are addicted AND because you are trying to numb your personal demons. You need therapy to help you work out your unhealed traumas. Only then will you be able to sift through and cure your addiction
Talk with your family doctor. When you drink too much your body stops producing serotonin. Your doctor will prescribe anti depressants to get you back on track. Talk to someone. Find help it is there if you have the will. I am 17 months sober! You can change your life. First step is admiting you have a problem. Good luck. Message me if you need someone to talk to.
Pray to God to rebuke any form of addiction to alcoholism and abstain yourself from it
Seek professional help. Start with honest conversations xxx good luck xoxox
Please – I know you asked for no “negative comments” but I cant throw softballs like everyone else, I’m fairly sure its not your excessive drinking thats the “breakup” issue as much as its your BEHAVIOR after you’ve been drinking, its easy to blame the chemical addiction but dont forget the behavioral underpinnings that are exposed when drunk
You need to get in with an addiction therapist/psychiatrist. And depending on your true amount of drinking you may need to a medical detox. But you can do this! It’s not going to be easy and maybe you’ll slip but all you can do is get back up and make yourself healthy in mind and body!
I was you 10-15 yrs ago. I couldn’t stop, didn’t want to. I was still at my job but hanging by a thread, I ignored my kids and couldn’t take them anywhere because I was drunk. In 2014, I had absolutely no choice but to stop. It almost killed me. This picture brings me shame but this is what I did to myself. Please don’t be like me. I was lucky. My life was spared.
Find a meeting, get a sponsor, do a detox, but please get help. Your life is too precious to waste!! Praying for you girl​:pray:
You can do this, You are able to stop. Go to celebrate Recovery and they will help you so much. Don’t give up.
Definetly go to AA meetings, talk with your family and friends to help you through thr tough times ahead. Also, talk to your dr about options to help you. I wish you the best of luck and hope you have positive results!!! Never be afraid or ashamed to ask for help. We all need it sometimes.
Yes you can stop. You probably can’t stop without treatment, although lots of people do. There are tons of self help books, AA meetings, prescription meds and medical resources you can access. Decide to quit and then, quit.
Anyone can break addiction if they want to bad enough. It’s okay to ask for help. There are so many people that have been in your shoes that are willing to walk next to you while you get clean. Look up AA in your area. They will help you get sober if you choose to get sober and take responsibility. If you want it bad enough you’ll make it happen. I have faith in you, you just have to want it bad enough.
I’m praying and rooting for you
I’m not gonna tell you to go see a therapist or go to aa but I am gonna tell you you have an addiction and if you want to get better you have to always remind your self you are an addict and tell yourself you don’t want that anymore and remind yourself you have a problem and you don’t want that monkey on your back anymore it helps to look at yourself threw your eyes and know you don’t want to be that person it’s a hard road to walk but if you want to change it’s in you just find it and keep telling yourself I am what I am and I want to be better it worked for me I am a addict but been sober for over 15 yrs now with no help from anyone
Follow what everyone says to get sober & stay that way. You might need all new friends, but you can find them in recovery.
Learn to love yourself and address whatever issues drove you to drink to excess in the first place.
Only then can you find love with someone else who is worthy of your love. Right now the bottle has first place in your heart.
Many people have found life to be so much better after getting sober & hope you do too. More & more places are coming up with complex, interesting and tasty non-alcoholic drinks. But stay away from bars until you’re in a really good place.
Best of luck! It may not be easy, but you are up to the task. Don’t get discouraged, keep picking yourself up and keep moving forward.
You can and will do it . Life is so beautiful with out addiction. Good luck on your new life