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Originally Posted by john hensley
Today was my first AA meeting, I've had issues for alcohol for quite some time, but the covid lockdowns made it extremely bad.
I was making like 60-75k from 2015 to 2020, then all the alcoholism and drama with my wife got out of hand. We broke up, I had to move. She took the dog.
There's more, Gma, who raised me from 8 years old, when my mom was killed by a cop in Tacoma, she passed away and I had to help her through her dying days. It was wild to watch someone die slow. I've seen people die quickly before but not from slow hospice care.
That didn't help the drinking.
For 3 months I was the worst version of myself I could imagine
But I started AA, and an alcohol medication called naltrexone.
It's the best day I've had in awhile. Seems to help.
God Bless.
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That sucks bad about your mom man, really sad to hear about that. I think you’re about my age so ya parents should still be alive.
I’ve been sober from opiates for... like 8 years maybe, something like that. And buying selling and the procuring of opiates was basically my entire life for years and years.
I do drink though. Daily, for years. 12 pack a day on average.... and a few times a month I go completely off the rails and drink the 12 a day + vodka. I feel strange/shaky by about 3pm if I haven’t drank.
I don’t like AA/NA myself I find it kind of creepy and insincere. I’ve been to a good 250-300 NA/AA meetings in my life, most were court ordered though.