i admit to having drinking problems in the past, but, feel ive grow up since----dramatically----im wondering how things would be different if i drank again. i cantseem to meet anyone, friends---and, ive come up w/ as many pros/cons i can, so i just would like some others thoughts or points of view on the matter, thanks.
2007-03-23 17:16:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Best to stay away from alcohol. I was alcoholic for many years. I found out why I drank (marriage), fixed it, and I'm fine now. No cravings or desire at all anymore. If you can identify why it is that you like to drink, and fix it, then you can safely return to drinking... but why? Life has so many more things to offer than getting your brain cells anaesthetized (and killed)... so why bother wasting the money? There's so many more fun things to do.
2007-03-23 17:25:25 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
9 months is great! Just think, if you have a drink tonite, you'll be back at day 1. It would take you another 9 months to get you back to where you are right now. Why not skip the drinking and then in 9 months it will be a year and a half.
That's how I avoid drinking. I've been sober for over 6 months. Like you, I occasionally crave to drink because I miss the social aspect of it. But when I think about the person I was when I was drinking, I mean REALLY and HONESTLY look at my past, it really wasn't that great.
I do feel for you though, with your search for friends. I'm assuming that you are single. I have it much easier in that I have my wife and kids to share my life with. It was very hard when I was drinking to maintain a positive relationship with my wife and kids. I thought everything was fine, but that was looking through the eyes of a drunk.
Hang in there and be proud of your 9 months! If your friends require you to drink, maybe they are not the kind of friends that you need anymore. Afterall, you said you have grown up...now it is time to prove it to yourself by staying sober.
2007-03-23 17:36:39 · answer #2 · answered by azheelshock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been sober two years now, and there have been times that I have been tempted. But it's not a coincidence that my life has improved dramatically since I quit. What about you? Are you active in any program, AA specifically? I have met a million friends in AA! I am only 31 yrs old, so it's not like I am some old fuddy-duddy telling you what to do. But we have fun and we have real friendships that are not based on drinking, which is what I had before. I would think long and hard before picking up again. I have never heard anyone say "Gee I went back to drinking and it was the best thing I ever did". Have you? I wish you luck...
2007-03-23 17:29:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can go out and meet people without drinking alcohol. If you had problems in the past with it then you may still have a problem with it. All you need to do to start back to your old ways is one drink. You should look at family history, has anyone in your family ever been an alcoholic? Alcoholism is a recessive gene and can be passed on to other family members.
2007-03-23 17:22:31 · answer #4 · answered by Gary S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi Claire, yes it is possible for you to drink again, but it is more likely then not that your troubles will return too. I know how frustrating this is for you, 'WHY ME'?, what's wrong with me?
I myself have been where you are, and have learned the hard why with Alcohol. I found that I first needed to get rid of the crazy ideas of who I wanted to be, and learn to accept who I really was. I am who and what I am, and so are you. You are loved and special to so many people for being exactly who you are. Please don't ruin yourself with Alcohol. Sure you can drink again, but nothing good will come of it. Be yourself and enjoy the feeling that you are a very special person. Drinking is a means to an unwanted end, and you have too many great experiences ahead of you to jeopardize that. If your interested, I wrote some things about my experiences with Alcohol, I hope you will read them. Enjoy your life my friend. https://publish.associatedcontent.com 'Alcohol the Transformation Begins, and 'Alcohol, the Urine of Satan
2007-03-24 07:00:11 · answer #5 · answered by Steve 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't do it<
2007-03-23 17:35:03 · answer #6 · answered by lisadivirgilio 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-28 02:35:48 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahhhhhhh-have you hit rock bottom yet? I think that will happen if you drink again-it will only get worse, and worse, and worse, etc, etc. Get Help Now!!!!!Do not have that drink-I will give you my email address, anything-don't do it. You do have friends, you can live without alcohol.
valeriehonegger@yahoo.com
2007-03-23 17:24:05 · answer #8 · answered by threesaluck 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't do it, don't look for friends that are drinkers.. that will just bring you back down to drinking problems again... steer clear of friends that drink!
2007-03-23 17:24:54 · answer #9 · answered by ~Emma's Mommy~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
A former alcoholic can never drink again because they can relapse.
2007-03-23 18:07:07 · answer #10 · answered by Tara662 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋