hi Chris, everybody is welcome here on this site, so it doesn't matter what you want to talk about, but I see that you are having great difficulty in being able to stop the alcohol, please don't be ashamed for failing to stop, because it's not the easiest addiction to be able to give up, but we have had a couple of great people who are now alcohol free, but it wasn't easy for them to be able to stop, it never is, but with determination and strength they are no longer looking for the bottle anymore, which I am so proud for them, and by saying this it's just early days for you, but we want to help you.
So many times you don't know where to even begin, but having a good doctor, counsellor and support from your parents well you can't get much better than that.
You may or may not like what happens at AA but you won't know until you have been to a few sessions, and by the way I was an alcoholic when I was depressed so I relied on the grog from early morning until I flaked out at night, now I only drink socially, but there are people who are unble to do this, because when they start to drink they have to continue and can not stop, that's when you have to stop completely, there is no other choice.
Firstly I would like you to keep your post open so that we can communicate as frequently as possible, in other wordsif you just reply once or twice then we aren't making any head-way.
By being able to abstain for 2 months is an excellent beginning, so don't blame yourself for breaking this and drink again, because it's so hard to go cold turkey for the first time.
In these 2 months you would have learnt a great deal either conscious or unconsciously, this that you were able to full fill and something that you probably never realised you were able to do, and for me I abstained several times but then drank again, why, well maybe because something awful happened and I wasn't able to cope with it, or hadn't learnt on how to cope with it, probably both of these.
I'm almost out of characters, but want to keep going, but before I go there is a post called 'battling the booze' which has 8 pages by now so it's very popular, and just briefly your doctor can prescribe medication which will stop any urge for wanting to drink, but it won't work unless your full intention is to stop. Geoff.
