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justwhen · 28/02/2010 19:03

stop drinking, it's taken me lots of courage even to write this much. It's ruining my & my families life, although I do much of it in secret so dh doesn't realise that's why I always feel so low, just really craving next glass of wine, sorry

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mumonthenet · 28/02/2010 19:20

didn't want to read and run justwhen, because I think you have been brave to even ask the question.

This is the first step to getting help and I know loads of people will come on with some good advice for you.

GardenersDelight · 28/02/2010 19:55

I dont have any answers but wish you all the best, maybe if you feel safe could you start with your GP

Goober · 28/02/2010 19:58

Don't say sorry. You have been very brave. Look up your local AA group, visit your GP, get help.
Well done for wanting things to change. Good luck.

justwhen · 28/02/2010 20:21

TBH am a coward and am scared of GP & AA it's just easier to escape with a bottle. Does any-one have any scare tactics?

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mumonthenet · 28/02/2010 21:54

why are you scared of your gp?

I mean in what way? Just scared to admit your problem to her/him? Or scared of something else?

Goober · 28/02/2010 22:10

You want scare tactics?
You know you could die? A friend of my DH died last week at the age of 48, multipal organ failure. He was one of the lucky ones, his family didn't desert him for the shame he brought on them, so he didn't die alone.

Goober · 28/02/2010 22:18

Please get help.

Olihan · 28/02/2010 22:40

My SIL's MIL died because she fell down the stairs, drunk. She was an alcoholic. Her DH and DCs hated her. BIL has no happy memories of his mum, neither has his sister.

Do you want your children to feel like that about you?

If there is a GP at your surgery who is easy to talk to could you make an appointment and take a written note with you so you don't have to make that initial 'confession'?

Recognising you have a problem is a mighty first step but you do need to find the strength to get help from someone else if you really do what to stop.

MIFLAW · 28/02/2010 23:20

Why are you scared of AA?

Talk to me about it and I will try to give you the facts.

Have to go to bed now though - can it ait till tomorrow? I'm guesing it can if it has already waited so long.

I don't do scare tactics as such but, believe me, it really isn't easier escaping with the bottle. If you believe that, you haven't been drinking long enough. Believe me, however bad you think it is now, it gets a LOT worse, and it happens so quickly you can't imagine.

alypaly · 28/02/2010 23:47

my friend had pancreatitis....not due to alcohol and i too have had mild pancreatitis due to gall stones and not alcohol. Although initially the doc thought i had brought it on by having a binge on my big birthday.

If the pain of my mild pancreatitis is anything to go by ,i certainly wouldnt want the pain of incurable full blown pancreatitis due to alcohol. The pain is 50 times worse than chidbirth and its unrelenting.It frightened me so much that i didnt touch one drink for 10 motnhs and now i darent have more than 2 glasses.

i dont want that pain back,......ever

justwhen · 01/03/2010 17:21

MIFLAW I think I actually have a problem with admitting things in public and I would be so ashamed. It may sound stupid but I don't totally want to give up alcohol and I guess I'm scared AA would make me totally abstain. My problem is I can;t control my drinking and just can't stop after 2 glasses. Could AA & or my GP help this?

gai can't face my GP as I would feel too ashamed

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MIFLAW · 01/03/2010 17:55

Last question first - no, AA can't help with this. But, if you are in the sitaution you describe, probably no one can help with this and you are probably asking the impossible. If it is ruining your family's (and your) life and you still carry on doing it, it is not likely that willpower or a tablet are going to sort this out for you.

I'm not at all surprised that you don't want to give up alcohol - I felt the same. After all, if this is your life WITH a drink, how shit is it going to be WITHOUT a drink, right?

I am pleased to say that, having come out the other side, life is loads happier and more fun and just plain EASIER without a drink. You could not pay me to go back to drinking and that is a fact.

As to what AA is or isn't - I can guarantee you that no one will "make" you abstain. There isn't really a plan B, but if you want to keep drinking, then do so - AA won't make you do anything. It is true that "the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking" but, if I'm honest, i didn't even have that. I just had a desire to stop drinking the way I was drinking.

As for not admitting things in public, you do not have to speak at an AA meeting and, even if you do decide to speak, it's hardly public - it's a group of people who are all there for exactly the same reason as you. There are no leaders, no therapists, no one in charge. And it's called "anonymous" for a reason.

May be worth giving it a go ... Unless you have a better idea?

MIFLAW · 01/03/2010 18:02

PS when I say you are asking the impossible I mean that you will rpobably find there is no lasting way for you to control your drinking.

You absolutely can have a fantastic and happy life and cheer your family up into the bargain if you will consider abstention.

ilovesprouts · 01/03/2010 18:06

hi my sisters ex bf died by over drinking he was only 50 ,go to the cocs theve heard it all before

ilovesprouts · 01/03/2010 18:08

oops docs not cocs

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