hi everyone out there i have only just found this site today and am very thankful.i have been an alcoholic since the first time i picked a drink up,even though i have been through vast periods without a drink i seem to forget how bad things can be and i start drinking again until i have done something so stupid that i once again turn to aa.i havent been to a meeting for a few months but this morning i have gotten in touch with members i havent seen since i started drinking again.i am hoping to get to a meeting tonight but i crashed my car the other night drunk and i cant drive it after dark as i smashed the headlights(shouldnt even drive it during the day)anyway i am waiting for a phone call to say that i can get a lift to a meeting tonight if not i will go tomorrow mornings one...until then i hope that i can have some edifying conversation with others like myself on the net.so if you are out there i would love meet you...thank god someone has stared this forum...
Welcome to MIP board. I found this board a few months ago, and I'm so glad that it is here. It really does help my sobriety along with AA meetings. I pop along several times each day and read and post as much as I want to. There are some really great people here and they are all very supportive.
I first started with AA in March 2004 and left after eight good weeks of sobriety. It took me eighteen months to find my way back through the doors. But, I'm so glad that I did. I would drink almost every day and I had to hit my personal rock bottom for me to get back into the program and to start making progress.
I rely on other AA members for lifts to and from meetings as I lost my driving licence a while ago because of drink driving. But, I can usually get lifts. People in the Fellowship are so wonderfully supportive.
I do hope that you will be able to get to a meeting today. Please let us know how it is going for you, won't you?
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
thanks carol,i havent managed to get to a meeting tonight but i will definately be in one in the morning it is all organised.i love the fellowship of aa and dont really understand why i keep walking away its a cunning and baffling thing.ohh and i found an aussie version of this but will continue to post in here aswell... the more support the better.
thanks again ill be on until i go to sleep so we may chat again...
Sorry that you couldn't make a meeting this evening, but that you have one lined up for tomorrow. (I see that you are in Australia. I'm in the UK.)
I, too, loved AA but walked away from it. Having gone back, I just can't figure out why I would have done that. But, I guess that I wasn't ready to face my alcoholism at that point. But, I'm just so glad that I have faced now. My life is turning around and I'm starting to get my self-respect back. Also, other people are starting to trust me again! How good can it get?!
I'm glad that you have found an Australian version of this board. But, the more support the better. I have a few sites that I take a look at and it all helps to keep me sober. I can't get enough of AA and being around other alcoholics.
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
hi carole ,thanks for getting back to me again i have so much to sober up for now my first child was born 3 months ago and if thats not a good reason to sober up i dont know what is...my parents are both alcos too and as a matter of fact,my mum has just rang me to say that yesterday a doctor has told her that if she doesnt quit she will be very sick and eventually die my aunty drank her self to death a couple of years ago and my mum has said over the years that she will die the same way.i would love to see my mum in aa but she is very stubborn but god is good and i will be praying for her so anything could happen.i feel like the stupidest person on earth at the moment,i have been readig my little big book and that is helping aswell as you getting back to me...thanks again.
It's always good for me to remind myself of all the wonderful reasons I have for staying sober. Having a young baby would certainly be right at the very top of the list!
As far as I know, there is no family history of alcoholism in my family. My Mother doesn't like drunken people, especially women! So, she still doesn't know about my going to AA, but she knows that I have stopped drinking. I shall keep you and your family in my prayers. Alcoholism is no respector of anything and that is a sad fact. But, God is always there working miracles and I keep that thought close to me.
Well done on reading your Big Book. I always try to start the day with some AA reading as it sets me up for the day and keeps my thoughts focussed. Well done on all that you are doing.
It's now 11:50 am here in the UK, and it's very wet, too! Please don't tell me how wonderful it is in Australia LOL!!!!
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
hi carole,i wont tell you how beautiful the weather is here ill just tell you what i live an hour from...the gold coast,sorry but if its any consolation it had rained constantly for 4 days until today.alcoholism is rife in my family going back generations i am as far as i know the first to try aa...most of my family have been fairly successful in their chosen fields and are to proud to admit that they may get something good out of aa.on the other hand i was already a problem drinker in school and havent been able to hold down a job for years where i live isnt real good for employment either.i grew up in melbourne where there is heaps of work and was doing alright for a few years but alcohol killed a relationship i was in and i lost my cool about everything and pulled a geographical which actually kept me sober for about 5 years thanks to a hatred for alcohol that i developed through aa.so i moved 2000 kms away to a rural town where there is no work and if you can get it ,it doesnt last long so i have a different view to the rest of my family it took me 5 years to go back to melbourne and see my family...guess what happened next?thats right the family reunion was a drunken affair and i came back up here and continued it until now anyway...hows this my phone just rang and it was a mate asking me to come to his house to try his home brew...i said thanks but no thanks any other time i would have jumped on ittalking to you is a better option for sure.
i have just been through all of todays posts and there is some great advice out there.i am even feeling a bit better soooo looking forward to my first meeting tomorrow for months i know that the same people will be there and i will be made to feel welcome this forum has been a good little dose of the aa i remember...
I live in a fairly small village, but it's very close to a large city. So, I get the best of both worlds. I'm very close to the sea and also to a large forest. So, there's plenty to see and do. I recently took up walking and I've rediscovered my love of nature and the countryside. And, it's great enough to be sober to enjoy it!
Well done on declining the home-brew with a friend. In the early days, for me, I just stayed well away from Alcohol until I felt comfortable with it. I just didn't want to pick up a drink again.
The first day I was going to an AA meeting I was being picked up. I had tried to make an effort so that I didn't look as hung-over as I felt. A good friend of mine passed and asked me where I was going. I thought about my reply and decided that I'd had enough of lies, so I told her I was going to an AA meeting. I thought that I had concealed my alcoholism fairly well until her instant reply of "Thank God for that. You were always p****d!". It made me realise just how bad things had got.
Take care,
Carol
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When I first went back to AA, I was so nervous that folk would think I was a failure or didn't want to know me. But, I couldn't have been more wrong. I was welcomed back with open arms.
There is some great advice on this board. There are some really wonderful people too, as you will find out. I'm so glad that you are here.
C
-- Edited by Quetzal at 08:20, 2006-09-02
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
if i had have had a drink with him tonight i surely would have been going to the meeting with a hangover miss quetzal so im haveing a cup of tea instead im asuming that you being from england would enjoy a cup of tea haha.
i wont be telling any of my mates that im going to aa again until i can kind of get things under control most of my mates would go out of their way to get me drunk if i told them i was back in aa.the only people i know that dont drink are aa members.
ok carole im going to bed its 11:30 here and i have to be up early for my meeting and its my first fathers day also thanks for sticking with me and i will catch you on here tomorrow at some stage,bye steven.i hope that works if it doesnt you get the idea bye.
i hope that works if it doesnt you get the idea bye.