I've just called AA

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Spoke to a lovely guy, told me to get to a meeting tonight. I'm really scared but I'm going. Nothing g good has ever come from me drinking. I have two boys and I want to be the best I can for them. I'm such a fuck up but I want to change. Wish me luck!

I hadn't spotted the category this was posted in so expected a rant about a car breakdown recovery company...

So have no words of wisdom but didn't want to read and run. All the very best! Recognising you have a problem is the first step to conquering it.

Well done for recognising that you have a problem, It's a first step lots of people never take. Go to the meeting and get yourself a whole new life - it will take time, but you will get here.

Good for you : ) That's a really positive step, you'll be so glad you did it!

Fantastic, op.
Your life will change for the better very quickly.

You aren't a fuck up. Fuck ups don't even try and chance. You are a brave person who wants to make a better life.
Good luck OP.

Best of luck OP. You can make changes, don't write yourself off. You've taken 2 big steps already, talking to the guy and posting on here.

Next step, going to the meeting.

Amazing - you go girl...you've taken the hardest step already xx

Oh fantastic, OP!

Well done, let us know how you get on at the meeting. These are great, brave and life changing steps you are taking.

Well done OP. Be proud of taking that first step. It takes real courage.

Promise you nothing to be scared of the only other people you will meet are recovering alcoholics You only have to sit and listen
Best of luck I have been in AA 15 years

Well Done for taking control. Your boys will be proud of you, if not now, in the future.
Please come back and tell us how it went.

Well done you! If you need an ear; I am here, as well as other ladies. A big step, we can help you to keep it up.

My boys are my world, me baby is 3 months and my eldest is 5. I'm going now....I'll let you know 🙏🏻🤞🏻

Well done OP. I am waiting for an appointment with an Alcohol addiction service, but am also considering AA meets.

Good luck with your meeting. This is a huge, scary step but you are taking it and its the beginning of the end of this horrible addiction for you.

I've just started reading Jason vale kick the drink... easily, as recommended on the health forum. It's making a lot of sense to me... might be useful to you too. I've not stopped yet but it tells you not to till you've finished the whole book. Very good recommendations though

Good Luck. And bloody well done. x

Awesome you.

Great changes start with the first step!

Jason Vale "Kick the Drink" - reading it too, seems pretty good, like you Hmmm close to the end.

That's brilliant OP, well done!

My mother became an alcoholic after her brother died.Drinking made her miserable but she struggled to give up.Lots of hiding bottles and stressful times but she told my cousin she had to give up as it was killing her son (me).Shes dead now but I am so immensely proud that she managed to give up the drink and remain sober for the last 12 years of her life.
I hope you succeed

Hello! I was where you are, two and a half years ago and I posted on here and went to AA. I cried non stop for weeks, it’s hard because you have to sit with the feelings that booze sent away, but oh my goodness it’s worth it.

Keep posting, keep talking, keep going back to AA. I got my life and my sanity back, and you couldn’t pay me to drink now, and god knows that was just unthinkable.

Am rooting for you. You’re so brave.

Well that was so worth it! Everyone was so nice, I could identify with what a lot of them were saying. I still feel scared but now I can see a teeny tiny light at the end of the tunnel.

Well done. It's brave to admit you face a problem.