Drinking and gambling

[Gettingthere87]

Every time I drink alcohol it can never be just 1 or 2, every time I drink I just don't stop until I'm really drunk then I gamble 😕i lose all my wages on one stupid night a week, I have pure OCD so I drank before to stop ruminations in my head and I have gotten treatment now in form of tablets but now I feel better there is no need to drink at all but I still do and just ruin everything between me and my wife 😟 would like some advice please

Not being able to moderate is an addiction so you can't drink at all if you only gamble once you have had a drink

I figured I will have to give it up all together, every morning after I worry I have said something real bad or have caused something bad to happen to someone, I guess no drink atol is the solution just asked on here becouse there are some great opinions on here, thank you

@Gettingthere87 - this site tends to be fairy quiet. Google “This Naked Mind” - there is a free 30 day programme you can do and also a Facebook group up can join which will give you lots of ideas /tools to stay sober. There are also programs/books etc which cost but the free resources are really good.

I don’t gamble but am a terrible binge drinker although doing well at the moment. Good luck - it’s a truly horrible way to live and you will be so much happier if you stop both.

I think you've already seen that you need to stop both things completely and admitting there's a problem is a huge first step. Please try to find some form of professional help alongside online resources, and above all talk to people!

I lost my husband and my mother to alcohol and I wish they had had the insight you are displaying here, all the very best!