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[Captnjack]

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Dolph too drunk to fuck HAAAAA love that tune now I moved on to DEVO satisfaction !!!! beautiful world and secret agent man

[Captnjack]

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oh shit sorry C

[tlrgs]

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omg omg omg captn.. hi there am TLRGS//roger 14 OH wait 41 backwards . well where do i start.. i drink my life away for the most part .. and now i dont drink and the rest is history

[Alley]

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Ah, you punks crack me up!

And to think I can say that without it being an insult on this thread!

Back to mich's intent (what a full life, indeed you have had. I will think supportive thoughts for you). Since I am very new, I thought I would share a bit anyway. I'm nearly 46, married for nine years (the second time), no kids, two kitties. My husband and I are professionals (at what? we wonder sometimes). He works in a different town during the week so we own a teeny old house in both towns and see each other on the weekends.

Our Friday night ritual consists of catching up on our week over a case (sometimes more) of beer and too many ciggies. We also cook, do yard work, and I always remember to brush and floss my teeth before bed (how's that for tolerance?) even though I can't always remember what happened the next morning, and I usually feel like crap.

I decided I'm first going to work on the weekday witching hours when I'm here alone and drinking with myself. The cats are bored with it and so am I. I never drink before or during work, but feeling hungover half the time is a real drag. I'll get to changing the Friday night ritual soon. Thanks for sharing, everybody! I so wish the best for all of us. :l

[lil.michelle]

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*LOL* I really don't mind you clogging up my thread. It's all good!

[IAD]

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Ok Capt'n....it's time to get the ole dinging back to the main boat !! IAD All hands on deck !

[Dazedandconfoosed]

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I am 38, male. My drinking started to get out of hand several years ago. My 7 month pregnant wife was diagnosed with leukemia. She wanted to go to full term before she started treatment but the Doc told me it would probably kill her, I forced her to have a premature birth. It turned out well, our premature son is now as big as me and is sitting in the living room scarfing down cheese sandwiches as I type this.

Over the next months and years I drank myself into oblivion once I knew my wife and child were home and safe. It became a habit and to be honest I enjoyed it. Since the cycle started I have also had a daughter who I love beyond description.

For a while this last year I had a handle on the drinking, I was working up to 14 hours a day but on days off of course I would then binge. Recently I took a week off and it turned out to be a massive mistake. I sat around drinking all week and wound up in the hospital with chest pain. Now it appears that I have an ulcer. So the last week and a half has been me weening myself off the beer.

I work in law enforcement but I am looking at other career fields. I am married to the most awesome woman imaginable who has been incredibly understanding. Luckilly for me I am not a violent drunk, I just slow down, laugh alot and then go to bed. My inability to be active with my family is my greatest concern.

Thats my story.

[Dazedandconfoosed]

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The withdrawl throwing up has stopped I think, the sinus infection part is wearing me out though. I have a really bad gag reflex and a weak stomach on top of that.

[aclassicgirl]

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Hi All!
I'm 35 in Austin, TX (today's my b-day)-- have a husband, 3 children, 2 dogs, a cat, and some fish. We have a 7yr old daughter, 2 yr old son, and 2 yr old daughter. The little ones are 10 months apart and it happens to be those 2 months in the year that they are the same age. Kinda funny.
I started the drink at 13 and worked my way up from there. I know about depression...was totally depressed when I found out I was pregnant 2 months after giving birth. Thanks to the vino for that one. Well, I can say that particular evening of over indulgence brought me a beautiful little girl. I was on Zoloft from the moment the doctor confirmed I was pregnant. Stayed on it for a year and a half. My husband and I finally went on our honeymoon after we had our 3rd and right before we left I felt happy. I don't know what but something in me said that life wasn't so bad.
The drinking has rarely let up...I've only gone deeper and deeper drinking faster and faster. A few weeks ago I was thinking maybe the Zoloft again but in my heart I knew what was causing the low feelings. So found this site and went to the doctor...and here I am. Thank you for you support! As far as goals, I don't mind a drink with friends over dinner. I don't mind the occational party at a friends house. What I can't stand is the day in and day out drinking, drinking, drinking...I can't stand not be my best for my family.
Going to the beach tomorrow for a week. Will look forward to catching up with you all when I get home.
Oh-and my all time favorite bands are Janes Addiction (hence the name aclassicgirl), Alice in Chains and Soundgarden.
**aclassicgirl

[Seacailin]

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Hi Lil Michelle
I am Jackie. I am 46. Happily divorced .lol. I love being single! I three kids. Wow, one is older than you. Mine are male 28, male 21, and my sweet princess, who is 20. I am a Registered Nurse. Just what u need, right. A shakey Nurse with a needle.lol. Anyway, long ugly drinking history. My favorite four-letter word was MORE. I went 10 years without a drink, except for one horrific night after seven years sober. I picked it up after that ten years, when my Mom died very suddenly on my diningroom floor and my marriage and career was falling apart. I was very ill for about a year and a half after my Mom's death. I would get a few months AF here and there. Stopped again Oct. 2002 for a year and a half. I have been struggling since. Thanks to this site and AA, I will have 30 days in the morning. Enuff about me.lol

[Seacailin]

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:bday7: ACG. I love Grunge/alternative Rock too.

[wanderer]

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Hi all
First Post!
I'm a 22 year old male from australia suffering severe alcoholism. Been drinking since 14 and first realised I was an alcholic when 17. I have drank most days of the week since my 8 years of alchol abuse started. On average I drink 1 bottle of vodka a day, maybe 2 on a bad day. I Have managed 2 periods of abstinence both for 5 weeks. I know it doesn't sound like much compared to some of you guys and girls that have abstained for impressive amounts of time but for me 5 weeks is a mammoth effort. I am at the point in my life where my drinking has to stop or my doctor predicts I will be dead between thirty and forty. I have just been realised from hospital after a bit of A scare of an overdose on prescription drugs and alchol poisining so I am pretty shaky and incoherant at the moment. the only choices I have now are to give up now or dye a young and unfufilled life. Enough of the deppressing stuff. I am starting to see light at the tunnel. I am booked into rehab and I have amazing freinds and mother and father (who happens to be a doctor) who are all extremely supportive of me. I am still young and hopefully obtained some of my brain cells. I am passionate about aerosoul art and cooking and hopefully make a career out of cooking when I recover. Just to leave on a positive note just because you have an alcohol dependence doesnt't make you a bad person Its easy to tell by all the kindness, support and inspiration you wonderfull people are offering eachother. Try to stay happy and healthy all and I wish everyone the best with there struggles!

[Dazedandconfoosed]

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We need you in this world. Fight!

[hippie37]

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Hi Michelle.

I'm 38, I have a 3yr 8mnth old daughter called Jasmine from my previous relationship which ended when I put down the drink and realised the relationship was going nowhere. My drinking started early and a few years later I was also taking drugs as well. Nothing serious just your usual hippie drugs like weed, acid, and mushrooms. Nothing like speed, coke, crack, heroin etc although that did come later on in my 'career'.

Drink has always been my nemesis and not the drugs as I easily stopped taking them. Drink on the other hand was a total obsession and it's what kept me functioning for a long while until June last year I decided to try and quit altogether. There's no half measures with me as I'm a total binge drinker, I have no idea what it means to moderate as it's just not in my dictionary.

I've lived in various places in the UK but most of my hedonistic years growing up was spent in London where I moved to at aged 18. I grew my hair long and got into the free festival movement and the New-Age Travelling movement and many other 'movements' along the way. I've been described in the past as a hippie, traveller, crusty, raver, fezzy-'head', squatter, musician, sound-engineer, anarchist, socialist and tree-hugger amongst other things!!! MY lifestyle choices have always revolved around hedonism and I would say tribalism. I'm not you're average 9-5 type of guy who wants all the trappings of a modern lifestyle. I don't want to bogged down with mortgages or climbing the corporate ladder JUST to try and make a decent living. Inner peace is the most important thing to me and I'm starting to get that with a new outlook on life since I've stopped drinking. I still have moments where I feel insecure about things in my life but I have someone to share those things with again now and it helps a great deal. I have a lot less hair these days and have had many strange and wonderful 'cuts' although I loved having dreads and shaking em about at raves and festivals etc!!! I also have 4 tattoos and have had many piercings in the past but all my facial piercings came out the day I had to have reconstructive surgery on my eye socket and jaw after a bike accident. Those days will always be a part of who I am but I'm also learning that I can't relive those days anymore. My future is with Dolphin up in Scotland where I'm moving to early November and although we both have our own sobriety to take care of, having each other makes the world of difference.

Love and Happiness
Hippie
xx

[startingover]

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Hi michelle,

I am 44, female, married to the most amazing, supportive and lovely man. I have no children, 1 dog and 1 foster dog (belonging to my mum) I started drinking young. My dad was an alcoholic. Discovered drugs young and took the lot, anything I could. My favourite was speed. Stopped drugs in my twenties and from then on have "enjoyed" rather a lot of alcohol. The last 2 years have been difficult with one of my dogs dying of cancer and my mum having bowel, lung, breast and adrenal cancer. Following operation after operation and then a horrendous bout of chemo she seems to be doing well. A walking miracle really. To cope I drank. It didn't help, I spiralled into depression and scared myself witless about how low I had got. I am now having counselling, prozac and am finally off the booze (26 days). Thanks entirely to this place I think. I feel happier and more at peace than I have felt for years.