Same Addiction And a New Day Posted: 08-07-07 20:19pm
Hi All;
Just got here.
I've been an alcholic since mid 1995...now
2007.
I've been in denial all those years.
Always thought and suggested to others
that it's a mental need (stress, bad day
etc). Well, my "husband" starting going
to ALANON 4 weeks ago tonight. I went to
the book store yesterday and purchased
books. The one picked out to read is
Seven Weeks To Sobriety. Has anyone else
read this yet?
I asked my husband this evening to read it
over because it makes alot of sense to me.
He glanced at it and threw it aside and
went off to alanon.
I'm trying to recover and be the person I
should be and he is dead set on
disassociating with the alcholic.
Advise is welcome.
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meblonde01
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Re: Same Addiction And a New Day Posted: 08-13-07 08:16am
deckhand
wrote:
Hi All;
Just got here.
I've been an alcholic since mid 1995...now
2007.
I've been in denial all those years.
Always thought and suggested to others
that it's a mental need (stress, bad day
etc). Well, my "husband" starting going
to ALANON 4 weeks ago tonight. I went to
the book store yesterday and purchased
books. The one picked out to read is
Seven Weeks To Sobriety. Has anyone else
read this yet?
I asked my husband this evening to read it
over because it makes alot of sense to me.
He glanced at it and threw it aside and
went off to alanon.
I'm trying to recover and be the person I
should be and he is dead set on
disassociating with the alcholic.
Advise is welcome.
I never read the book. But I think any
effort to stop drinking is a plus. How are
things going with you I see it was awhile
sence you posted,..
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wazzywoman4ever
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Hello You Have My Admiration Posted: 08-13-07 16:58pm
please do try and quit for your reasons .
I left my guy for three weeks told him he
needed to make some decisions and drinking
was one he needed to let go of ...he had
let it cost his job and when I came into
his life he was just out of a random
relationship one of many to include failed
marriages some for drinking issues which
bleed into finances ect well even his sex
life is shot from it at 55 he can't get
hard most days or stay hard long ....good
thing I love him cause sex ain't constant
here but the point I strayed from is let
something motivate you to a healthier life
at least your man is still with you some
times we have to leave to get your
attention and it is not always a happy
reunion ....I gambled on his love for me
...maybe you can too...or can you?oh no
never read that book sorry should of
started with that ......we get angry at
the disease and you for letting it rule
your days and nights but if we ever loved
you we still do and are searching for ways
to cope with sharing you with that
drink.....not always right choices but
then where is the book for those who love
you alcoholics I need to own it ....hey
best wishes in this adventure it could all
be a memory of bad times in no time at all
and it all works out for the best how
ever it goes it will be one sober day at a
time ....you can choose ...enjoy your life
or regret it ....as someone who loves an
alcoholic I would beg you to stop killing
yourself with that poison asap and find
satisfaction in a shared life with the one
who is waiting for you to be sober.you
must be worth waiting for he is still
there......meet him half way ...stop for
one day or half a day what ever you can
manage just do something positive choose
life ...wazzywoman
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shadowalker164
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Posted: 08-14-07 09:25am
I am an alcoholic, I go to AA meetings all
the time and I have that book on my
bookshelf. I don’t agree that
nutritional changes are enough to keep an
alcoholic sober, but they play an
important role in early sobriety. I use
the suggestions in that book with my
sponsees. Stop eating processed flour and
start eating dark leafy vegetables. Good
common sense advice.
That book is full of good information,
keep it and use it. But why not try
Alcoholics Anonymous as well? Your husband
is going to AlAnon, mostly they are in the
same building, you go to your meeting
while he goes to his.
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