need some help

[dineshpoudel]

I just joined this site and i decided to give up drinking went to my doc this morning after 4 days of binge got some meds for the withdrawl for 6 days
i am ready but i need some help to stay quit forever i don't know how to do that, do i have to go to AA

please help

[Leadfoot]

No, you do not have to go to AA. Nothing said in a meeting makes the pain and empty feeling go away. I spent my first couple months of sobriety sitting on my hands. I was completley lost those first couple months of sobriety. We actually go through the same grieving process as we would if there was a death of a close friend.
Alcoholics drink because they're alcoholics. Once started an alcoholic can not stop drinking. Knowing that an Alcoholic can not stop drinking once started, the answer is simple. Don't start drinking. How do we not start drinking? That's where AA comes in. Through the 12 steps and the program of AA we become people that don't need to drink to get through the day.
The Doctors Opinion should explain a little about Alcoholism to you.
http://www.region5oa.org/bigbook/doctors_opinion.html

[dineshpoudel]

i would definitely find AA meetings in my town and i don't want to drink that first drink ever

[BIG AL]

You dont have to do anything just sit drink and die.You have a choice I choose life.You know you are worth more than a binge.More than drunk suffering throught life.More than passing out or coming to trying to find your next drink.We need you around here.You keep us sober we keep each other sober.You are needed.A A meetings are really cool give it a chance you might like it.I found life long freinds there that want nothing from me but to see me do the best in life that I can.

[river]

A.A. is a great program, it opens the doors to understanding us as an alcoholic and the disease. It provides a 12 step process that helps us become the person that the drink took from us, it helps us understand that we are powerless to the drink and our life, we had no control over situations and sometimes still don't, it brings us to rely on ohters or a power greater than oursleves i chose to have God be that power and let him guide me in giving up my will and following another way, A.A. brings us to new friendships, and we learn we are not alone in what we feel. it helps us realize that we have a lot of wrongs that when we share them we free ourselves from the pain,suffering and burdens and guilt. A.A. has brought me out of my addiction or alcoholism and gave me a new life. A.A. does not hurt, and its a good place to start for your recovery
May God be with you on your journey it has great rewards and promises that come true

River

[jobongos]

i "dont have to " go to meetings , i "get to go " to meetings ... it aint a sentence , trust me it is a blessing ..

[zoomie]

You never have to drink again one day at a time. We take it sometimes one hour at a time,but as long as we can string thoes hours together to days at a time, we have a chance to stay sober the next day and the next. When you come here or to an AA meeting there are people who will listion and understand you. We cannot keep you from drinking, we can only share what has worked for us and hope that you can use some of our tools to help you. Try praying every time you feel like a drink, come and post or go to an AA meeting and tell on yourself. We are glad to have you here!

[Chewi]

Welcome! I am learning slowly that we have to go to any length to stay sober. AA and the 12 steps are powerful support. Best of luck and stay sober and healthy!

[Humblepie]

Give AA meetings, the 12 steps and God a chance. You will find in short order that it becomes something you want and look forward to. There is no quick fix that I know of, the new way of life offered by AA is a process that continues to grow throughout the rest of your life.

[sioux]

I don't know how to "stay quit forever" but I do know how to not drink just for today. I became willing to accept that I don't have the answers--my screwed up life was evidence of that. I got to a meeting, got a sponsor, got some phone numbers, got some literature, got to work on steps, got to learn what AA is and isn't, got a power greater than myself in my life, got to learn what meetings are for...I got immersed into a new lifestyle.

[rmcculle]

I have been clean and sober for 7 years,and I would suggest the meetings too.With the 12 steps and a sponsor I know you can do it.The Higher Power will help you if you will but trust in it.Good luck and God bless!

[senorrebo]

I know that I could have never stayed clean this long without meetings, or at least if I had, I would be MISERABLE. I also don't look at it now as if I HAVE to go to meetings. I feel meetings are a blessing. Don't get me wrong, I will still leave meetings sometimes thinking 'wow, that was the worst meeting I've ever been to. There is no decent recovery in my town', but those are just the ones that I might need to think about a little deeper to get the message from.

[CathyS]

No you do not HAVE to go to AA. But, if you want to get sober and have a chance at a better life AA is a way that has worked for millions of people over the past 50 years or so. It worked for me. SO it is your choice.

Cathy

[DavidNOLA]

I just joined this site and i decided to give up drinking went to my doc this morning after 4 days of binge got some meds for the withdrawl for 6 days
i am ready but i need some help to stay quit forever i don't know how to do that, do i have to go to AA

please help

Have you tried to quit before on your own? Or switched to only weekends? Or never before dinner? Or only with other people?
If so, check out a meeting and introduce yourself.