I Succeded! Then Failed...

[Bunneh]

So I finally had decided to stop drinking, I'd gone through with detoxing which was absolute hell. And now that I finally got through it all I started drinking again. It only takes the smallest amount of stress to make me hit the bottle. And lucky me I'm getting withdrawl again. 

I just had the urge to share what's going on with me.

[Charlize]

I'm so glad you shared.  I had found the same in my addiction.  The pain of detox and no power to stop that first drink.  You are reaching out for help which is a wonderful first step. Eventually I found  the powerlessness and the pain of a daily life with shaking hands and hallucinations  whether i had a drink or not  drove me to the rooms of AA.  I was lucky.  I had surrendered to the bottle.  I reached out and found that by surrendering instead to the fellowship of AA i have found a life beyond my wildest dreams.  I simply could not get sober without the help of others who understood.  You are not alone.  Millions like you have found a way and from my own experience it works where nothing else did.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

[Timber Wolf]

Hi Bunneh,

You succeeded, but you are NOT a failure! You tried, and that was courageous. Recovery is not always smooth after detox. Relapse can often be part of the recovery process. I had a slip after I had gotten out of the treatment center. Know this, niether I nor any orher recovering alcoholic thinks any the worse of you. We understand. We care. Just don't give up. You're worth it! AA is a wonderful recovery program that really works! Give it a try!

 

Lots of love and a big hug,

Timber Wolf?

[VickySGV]

Relapse happens!  Three days or 30 years later it can bite you.  IF you come back, no one in any of the *A's will think any the less of you.  "We deal with Alcohol <other drug>, cunning baffling and powerful!!"  Keep coming back and it will work IF you keep working it.  Coffee at a meeting doesn't cost any more after a relapse than it did before, and 24 hours after the drink <fix> you can start talking and sharing with the group again with no comment other than "Welcome Back!!"

 

[Charlize]

I have seen folks with good sobriety that came to meetings smelling of alcohol for some time before they got the message.  You are always welcome. "Only the desire to stop drinking is required for membership."  

 

Hugs 

 

Charlize

[Guest]

I had ten years of AA sobriety under my belt, then it only took one bottle under my belt and the next ten years I  was in and out of the program like a pinball.

What's my sobriety date? Monday, ah Thursday,  ah Tuesday, ah Saturday mourning, yes the spelling is correct, you get it... A year and a half was the best I could put together.

Six months after I  started RLT,  I decided the drinking problem was his problem not mine, I wanted my own real sobriety. Mine all mine! I went back to AA with a new fire and a new faith, girls can do it better than boys!

January 2017 I will have five years. Yes it can offer be an internal battle. Yes the circus is still in town, I just have to keep the monkey off my back. Hug.  JodyAnn