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alcoholic (me) and scared

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MayaBlue · 07/10/2010 18:37

I am an alcoholic and have been to seen my GP re. this in the past. As a consequence she has put on my record that my "family is at risk". My child has never needed medical help etc but they must be worried.

I am in dire need of help right now but scared shitless to go to anyone in case they take my child away (she's 10). Children, school and families contacted me last time to check if everything was OK.

Does anyone have experience of this - I want to stop drinking and need help but I'm terrified I'm going to be considered an unfit mother.

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ChristianaTheSeventh · 07/10/2010 19:14

Poor you to be so worried. I don't have any direct experience of this, but maybe you could post on our brave babes thread and there are some people on there who might be able to help?

link here

We at least can provide you with some support.

controlfreakery · 07/10/2010 20:08

if you don't seek help your children will continbue to be viewed as "at risk" for as long as you continue to be an alcoholic. seeking help is going to feel scary and dangerous but please don't let that put you off. do you think you need medical help to address the drinking or is it something you plan to try to do yourself? if so there is nothing to stop you attending an AA meeting to show your serious about addressing this... if you need inpatient treatment (detox?) is there a friend / dfamily member who could care for dd? there is lots of support on here if you want it. good luck.

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MayaBlue · 08/10/2010 17:48

thank you. And that's a lovely thread Christiana, very inspiring.

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ChristianaTheSeventh · 08/10/2010 21:33

Maya we'd love to see you there, it has helped me so much

Blef1974 · 09/10/2010 19:41

I stopped drinking 14 months ago when I realised I was an alcoholic. I'm not going to kid you that it's easy to stop, my week of coming off alcohol was hell, and I did think I was going to physically die. But I woke up one morning and the sickness and flu-like symptoms had gone. I realised the headache that I'd had for years had gone, the diarrhoea that I'd had for years was gone. I quit with the help of AA and did the 90 meetings in 90 days which got me through. If you really are serious about stopping then you can. I had reached rock bottom, was at risk of losing my girls and was slowly killing myself. Good luck sweetheart, I believe you can do it!

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