There are so many people that have an addiction to alcohol in our world today. Sad to say, but so very true. You have no idea just how many people suffer from alcoholism and want a better life , but have no idea how to go about getting that life of sobriety.
They are caught up in the world of addiction with nowhere to turn, or should I say, they choose not to change for the fear of how their life would be without their crutch.
What steps are needed to getting clean and sober?
Step #1 - First and most important, the alcoholic needs to want to be clean and sober and not get sober because someone is forcing it on them. They have to want sobriety so bad that they are willing to do anything to get their life back on track and get sober.
Step #2 - They have to get out of the denial they have been living in and finally admit to them self that they are indeed an alcoholic and need help to get clean and sober. I think once the alcoholic admits there is a huge problem with them and their family life, in which is totally effected by the actions of the addicted person, things will begin to make more sense of why they should try their hardest to surrender to their addiction to alcohol.
Step #3- They have to look at their life and how they are living it in comparison to the way they lived before getting addicted to this horrible addiction we call alcoholism. They must see for themselves that they are destroying their bodies and their family as well.
Step#4 - They need to visualize how their life can be living it sober. Once they can see that their future can be brighter they may then just surrender to their addiction to alcohol. All they have to do is to look around them and see for them self who is avoiding them. People that may have been close friends and falling distant because of the poor life style the alcoholic has could be the reason they steer away and avoid being around the alcoholic. The alcoholic can surely see that something is missing in their life and without changing their life they might just lose everything they have over time including their own life. Addictions are nothing to mess with. It is like holding a loaded gun and playing Russian Roulette. Sooner or later you will pull the trigger and the one single bullet in the chamber will be fired.
Step#5- The alcoholic needs to take a good hard look at their spouse and children a see just how his/her addiction is also effecting them and ruining their lives as well. You really have to be blind not to see that your bad habits effect many people, not only yourself.
Step #6- The alcoholic needs to change his/her outlook in life and stop feeling sorry for them self and start doing something about it and then take massive action to get sober if they truly want to be free of their addiction once and for all. Sobriety is out there for all. It will not come to you. You need to go after it and shut down the demons inside of you that run and ruin all those addicted in time. The only way to beat you addiction is to SURRENDER to it.
Step#7- Tell yourself and promise yourself that you will never pick up another alcoholic drink the rest of your life. If you can hold true to this promise to yourself then you are serious about getting clean and sober. So now, all you have to do is to JUST DO IT and don't look back. Run as fast as you can from your addiction. Never be weak and let your demons back into your life no matter what happens, whether it be bad or good. Don't back down or give in because something may have happened to upset you and feel as if you need to drink to fix the problem because believe me it won't work.
Step#8- Keep a Positive Attitude towards get sober. Believe in yourself. Tell yourself no matter what happens in your life you WILL NOT relapse. Stay strong. Keep determined to stay clean and sober forever. Stay busy physically and mentally. Take up a hobby that you are interested in. Spend quality time with your family. If you feel uneasy at a party that is serving alcohol, don't go! Stay clear of all those that are still drinking alcohol and partying. ( These people just may try and shame you into drinking again, but don't give in.) Just walk away and say NO THANKS. You know those words, "MISERY LOVES COMPANY" Don't be the company. Be stronger than your addiction and with all this and the determination and desire to get and stay sober you should have no problem getting clean and sober. It's all in the mind and that mind you have can do miraculous things if you let it, so lets get sober and stay sober!!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
A Positive Attitude Can Change Your Life
Many people in our society today are not very positive at all, and I truly believe that our economy and the people out of work is a huge part of it.
Do you know how a positive attitude can change your life? Lets think here. Say if you walked around everyday with a negative attitude. Do you really think things will go your way thinking in this manner? How can you expect things to go well in your life if you are not living with a Positive Attitude?
Positivity in any ones life can do wonders and really change so much in your everyday life. I can understand just how so many people are negative and for good reason, but you can't let things bring you down as hard as it may be. You need to continue to at least give it your best shot and start thinking in a Positive way and just maybe by doing so things will start to look up for you.
Your mind is a powerful tool, and you and I can change how we think and feel just be changing our outlook on life and getting out of the Negative world we live in.
You may say, "how in the world can I be happy and think positive when there are so many things against me?" The trick here is to try your hardest to make those things that are bringing you down and making you a negative person a reality, meaning, work hard to resolve the problem and change it into something positive. Figure out what you can do to make things better in your life.
If you are unemployed, then go everywhere and look for that job. Go on the Internet and search for employment. It may not be what you want at the present time, but something is better than nothing for the time being. At least you will have some income coming in until you land that job you really want. Sure it is hard out there and you may just have to take a job that you are really not fond of, but it is only temporary. Finding a job and having income will help you realize that there is hope and you will feel good about yourself that you are working.
You may have a sickness in your family, and I certainly can relate to that and it sure will make you a negative person because you feel helpless for the person that is ill, BUT never ever give up hope. Stay positive and keep thinking that your loved one will soon get better. Believe in our Lord because he does preform miracles, but you must stay positive and believe in him. The power of prayer is a strong thing, so if you don't pray then I would advise you start to do so and you will see just how the power of prayer works. Things will not always work out the way you would want them to, but being positive and believing will help tremendously.
So if you feel negative and down, just try your hardest to change your attitude and start thinking positive. By doing so you may be surprized just how thinking with a positive attiude can change your life. It did for me and I couldn't be happier.
Do you know how a positive attitude can change your life? Lets think here. Say if you walked around everyday with a negative attitude. Do you really think things will go your way thinking in this manner? How can you expect things to go well in your life if you are not living with a Positive Attitude?
Positivity in any ones life can do wonders and really change so much in your everyday life. I can understand just how so many people are negative and for good reason, but you can't let things bring you down as hard as it may be. You need to continue to at least give it your best shot and start thinking in a Positive way and just maybe by doing so things will start to look up for you.
Your mind is a powerful tool, and you and I can change how we think and feel just be changing our outlook on life and getting out of the Negative world we live in.
You may say, "how in the world can I be happy and think positive when there are so many things against me?" The trick here is to try your hardest to make those things that are bringing you down and making you a negative person a reality, meaning, work hard to resolve the problem and change it into something positive. Figure out what you can do to make things better in your life.
If you are unemployed, then go everywhere and look for that job. Go on the Internet and search for employment. It may not be what you want at the present time, but something is better than nothing for the time being. At least you will have some income coming in until you land that job you really want. Sure it is hard out there and you may just have to take a job that you are really not fond of, but it is only temporary. Finding a job and having income will help you realize that there is hope and you will feel good about yourself that you are working.
You may have a sickness in your family, and I certainly can relate to that and it sure will make you a negative person because you feel helpless for the person that is ill, BUT never ever give up hope. Stay positive and keep thinking that your loved one will soon get better. Believe in our Lord because he does preform miracles, but you must stay positive and believe in him. The power of prayer is a strong thing, so if you don't pray then I would advise you start to do so and you will see just how the power of prayer works. Things will not always work out the way you would want them to, but being positive and believing will help tremendously.
So if you feel negative and down, just try your hardest to change your attitude and start thinking positive. By doing so you may be surprized just how thinking with a positive attiude can change your life. It did for me and I couldn't be happier.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Understanding What An Alcoholic Goes Through Each Day
Do you think being an alcoholic is fun? None of us set out on a giving day and just decide to start destroying ourselves with alcohol.
Understanding what an alcoholic goes through each day is what I have to try and explain in my own words, and possibly speaking for all those that are addicted to alcohol as I was over two years ago.
Life isn't easy being an alcoholic. You can ask anyone that has or had any kind of addiction, whether it be drugs or alcohol. We fear not having alcohol in our system for any length of time. We constantly worry what people think about our addiction to the alcohol. We fear if we stop drinking, will something happen that will harm us such as the DTs, shakes, tremors and anything that would effect the body by the absence of alcohol, or should we continue on our path to self destruction to avoid any health problems as such. But, we know deep down we are doing wrong and sooner or later our addiction will catch up with us and it won't be a pretty thing for sure. We are planing our own death in a sense and really on our own terms. We know we are killing our self slow but sure, BUT it still isn't enough to make us stop drinking alcohol. Sad, but true.
We wait for the right moment until we can have that first of many drinks of the day. The minute we awake from our restless nights sleep, if we sleep at all, and if we do sleep, I would call it passed out instead, when we can open that can of beer or take that cap off our bottle and start the process all over again.
Many of us are great in hiding our addiction, so we think. We want in the worse way to live a normal life and not be drunk each and everyday, but the addiction and the demons inside us grabbed us for good. We are trapped in our own bodies and don't know how to get out. We suffer each day with our addiction and many times wonder where we will get the money to support our everyday addiction to alcohol.
When we go out on a drunken evening of fun and morning comes, we often wonder to our self if we said anything bad to anyone that would offend them or did we do anything that might of hurt someone the night before. We wonder these things because of being so drunk and not caring what we said or did until we sober up the next morning and try in the worse way to remember the evening before, but many of us just can't remember anything. So, we may ask some of the people we were with that evening and hope and pray they don't tell us anything bad that we may have done. Some of us are even afraid to ask that question for fear inside our self that we may have said or did something that wasn't right, but really didn't want to know the true answer, so we ask nothing. we figure if we did do or say anything someone would most likely say something to us right?
We wake up in the morning feeling like crap and swear we will never drink alcohol again, until a little bit later in the day when we get our senses together and start feeling somewhat back to normal, if that's what you call it. We wonder to our self, "should I have a drink or not after the night I had?" Of course, it doesn't take long for the alcoholic to make up his/her mind to drink or not. We take that first drink of the day in hopes it will help straighten us up and it does somewhat and guess what, we are right back in the same boat we were in hours before and drinking the day and night away. A constant cycle, day after day, week after week, month after month.
If you never had the experience of being addicted to alcohol, then you are one lucky person, and saying that, clean and sober people should not down those that have this addiction and in fact they should try to comfort them and help them realize that there is a better life out there being sober.
For anyone that hasn't experienced an addiction in their lives I would suggest watching the TV show on A&E called "Intervention" and you will see first hand what a person that has an addiction goes through each and everyday of their life and how the families suffer right along with the addicted person and how they, the families try there hardest to get their son, daughter, spouse, friend, etc. the help they need to get their lives back on track and surrender to their addiction.
I have heard so many people stating that, " this guy or gal is an alcoholic and is worth nothing in life." They are a total mess and a menace to society. If you could only walk in an alcoholics shoes for one day you will then realize that being an alcoholic is a horrible thing and anyone that is one can tell you that their life is for crap. They don't know how to get out of the addiction that has grown to love them. Their demons are very well settled in their bodies and it will take a lot to get rid of them once and for all.
Clean and sober people have to understand what the alcoholic is going through in order to feel their pain. As far as anyone that is addicted to alcohol, we the alcoholics certainly understand, and always remember your not alone.
If we all decide to quit drinking alcohol we will see that there is a real life out there to enjoy. So, let all of us that have this horrible addiction start to prepare for a life of sobriety. I did it, although it was tough, but not as bad as I thought it might be. I did it and so can you.
Get focused, get determined and get positive for the new life that you are about to start. Never let anyone or anything stand in your way of getting clean and sober. Be stronger than your addiction and get sober once and for all.
Understanding what an alcoholic goes through each day is what I have to try and explain in my own words, and possibly speaking for all those that are addicted to alcohol as I was over two years ago.
Life isn't easy being an alcoholic. You can ask anyone that has or had any kind of addiction, whether it be drugs or alcohol. We fear not having alcohol in our system for any length of time. We constantly worry what people think about our addiction to the alcohol. We fear if we stop drinking, will something happen that will harm us such as the DTs, shakes, tremors and anything that would effect the body by the absence of alcohol, or should we continue on our path to self destruction to avoid any health problems as such. But, we know deep down we are doing wrong and sooner or later our addiction will catch up with us and it won't be a pretty thing for sure. We are planing our own death in a sense and really on our own terms. We know we are killing our self slow but sure, BUT it still isn't enough to make us stop drinking alcohol. Sad, but true.
We wait for the right moment until we can have that first of many drinks of the day. The minute we awake from our restless nights sleep, if we sleep at all, and if we do sleep, I would call it passed out instead, when we can open that can of beer or take that cap off our bottle and start the process all over again.
Many of us are great in hiding our addiction, so we think. We want in the worse way to live a normal life and not be drunk each and everyday, but the addiction and the demons inside us grabbed us for good. We are trapped in our own bodies and don't know how to get out. We suffer each day with our addiction and many times wonder where we will get the money to support our everyday addiction to alcohol.
When we go out on a drunken evening of fun and morning comes, we often wonder to our self if we said anything bad to anyone that would offend them or did we do anything that might of hurt someone the night before. We wonder these things because of being so drunk and not caring what we said or did until we sober up the next morning and try in the worse way to remember the evening before, but many of us just can't remember anything. So, we may ask some of the people we were with that evening and hope and pray they don't tell us anything bad that we may have done. Some of us are even afraid to ask that question for fear inside our self that we may have said or did something that wasn't right, but really didn't want to know the true answer, so we ask nothing. we figure if we did do or say anything someone would most likely say something to us right?
We wake up in the morning feeling like crap and swear we will never drink alcohol again, until a little bit later in the day when we get our senses together and start feeling somewhat back to normal, if that's what you call it. We wonder to our self, "should I have a drink or not after the night I had?" Of course, it doesn't take long for the alcoholic to make up his/her mind to drink or not. We take that first drink of the day in hopes it will help straighten us up and it does somewhat and guess what, we are right back in the same boat we were in hours before and drinking the day and night away. A constant cycle, day after day, week after week, month after month.
If you never had the experience of being addicted to alcohol, then you are one lucky person, and saying that, clean and sober people should not down those that have this addiction and in fact they should try to comfort them and help them realize that there is a better life out there being sober.
For anyone that hasn't experienced an addiction in their lives I would suggest watching the TV show on A&E called "Intervention" and you will see first hand what a person that has an addiction goes through each and everyday of their life and how the families suffer right along with the addicted person and how they, the families try there hardest to get their son, daughter, spouse, friend, etc. the help they need to get their lives back on track and surrender to their addiction.
I have heard so many people stating that, " this guy or gal is an alcoholic and is worth nothing in life." They are a total mess and a menace to society. If you could only walk in an alcoholics shoes for one day you will then realize that being an alcoholic is a horrible thing and anyone that is one can tell you that their life is for crap. They don't know how to get out of the addiction that has grown to love them. Their demons are very well settled in their bodies and it will take a lot to get rid of them once and for all.
Clean and sober people have to understand what the alcoholic is going through in order to feel their pain. As far as anyone that is addicted to alcohol, we the alcoholics certainly understand, and always remember your not alone.
If we all decide to quit drinking alcohol we will see that there is a real life out there to enjoy. So, let all of us that have this horrible addiction start to prepare for a life of sobriety. I did it, although it was tough, but not as bad as I thought it might be. I did it and so can you.
Get focused, get determined and get positive for the new life that you are about to start. Never let anyone or anything stand in your way of getting clean and sober. Be stronger than your addiction and get sober once and for all.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
How To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone Of Drinking Alcohol
Do you feel comfortable while drinking alcohol? Do you live each day waiting for that first drink of the day? Do you think you could survive outside your comfort zone without alcohol in your life?
How to get out of your comfort zone of drinking alcohol depends only on you. Are you able and willing to make a change in your life and go outside the box and the life of addiction? Do you feel as if you can surrender to drinking alcohol and live a normal life again?
Yes, this article is full of questions that you must ask yourself if you want to leave that comfort zone that you feel so good living in, and that is living with an addiction to alcohol.
We all get so used to doing the same thing over and over again and forget what it feels like to just live a normal and happy life. Addictions, no matter it be drugs or alcohol captures you and takes from you. You may not see it coming because you are very happy in the comfort zone you live and really never want to leave that zone for the fear of what you think may happen.
You are afraid of change and rather just stay where you feel comfortable and never mind anything else in life. Well my friends, by staying in that comfort zone you are missing out on a whole new life. You are living with everything the same, day after day and missing out on what life really has to offer.
Drinking alcohol CAN be lots of fun if doing it responsibly and not abusing it, like I did. Don't get me wrong, I loved to drink and if I could, I would, but that is not possible by no means.
Many people in the world can have one or two drinks and called it quits for the night and are completely satisfied, and then there are those, like myself, that can't just have one or two drinks. No, we need more and more until we hit that high that our body needs to be content. Get drunk, get sick and go to bed, day after day until one day you may see the light and surrender to your addiction as I did and start the recovery process to find your sobriety again.
Don't wait until it's too late and something horrible happens to you or someone else, such as a innocent person or people to decide to quit drinking and abusing alcohol.
Get out of that comfort zone and start living life like it should be lived. Never be afraid of living a clean and sober life. Be afraid of what an addiction to alcohol CAN and WILL do to you and your family that is suffering right along with you and crying inside and out for you to see the light and get clean and sober and get out of that comfort zone you have been living in for so long.
How to get out of your comfort zone of drinking alcohol depends only on you. Are you able and willing to make a change in your life and go outside the box and the life of addiction? Do you feel as if you can surrender to drinking alcohol and live a normal life again?
Yes, this article is full of questions that you must ask yourself if you want to leave that comfort zone that you feel so good living in, and that is living with an addiction to alcohol.
We all get so used to doing the same thing over and over again and forget what it feels like to just live a normal and happy life. Addictions, no matter it be drugs or alcohol captures you and takes from you. You may not see it coming because you are very happy in the comfort zone you live and really never want to leave that zone for the fear of what you think may happen.
You are afraid of change and rather just stay where you feel comfortable and never mind anything else in life. Well my friends, by staying in that comfort zone you are missing out on a whole new life. You are living with everything the same, day after day and missing out on what life really has to offer.
Drinking alcohol CAN be lots of fun if doing it responsibly and not abusing it, like I did. Don't get me wrong, I loved to drink and if I could, I would, but that is not possible by no means.
Many people in the world can have one or two drinks and called it quits for the night and are completely satisfied, and then there are those, like myself, that can't just have one or two drinks. No, we need more and more until we hit that high that our body needs to be content. Get drunk, get sick and go to bed, day after day until one day you may see the light and surrender to your addiction as I did and start the recovery process to find your sobriety again.
Don't wait until it's too late and something horrible happens to you or someone else, such as a innocent person or people to decide to quit drinking and abusing alcohol.
Get out of that comfort zone and start living life like it should be lived. Never be afraid of living a clean and sober life. Be afraid of what an addiction to alcohol CAN and WILL do to you and your family that is suffering right along with you and crying inside and out for you to see the light and get clean and sober and get out of that comfort zone you have been living in for so long.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Do You Drink Alcohol To Cope With Life
Can you handle what life throws at you, or do you drink alcohol to cope with life?
Everyone has his or hers ups and downs in life, but you need to be a strong person to overcome these hurdles and problems that come to everyone sometime in their lives. Many people think that drinking alcohol is the fix all problem solution and in fact drinking just makes things worse than they really are.
The problem that you may have will be lightened while drinking, but at the end of the day, and you sober up, that problem that was so minor while drinking has come back to haunt you and sometimes even worse than ever.
Drinking alcohol will never wipe away any problems in life, so why even try. Everyone has to get out of the negativity they maybe living in and drinking alcohol thinking it might help. We all need to start living with a positive attitude and cope with our lives being clean and sober and not masking our problems with alcohol.
I have seen so many people that never drank start to drink alcohol when something went wrong in their lives and by doing so, these people that never drank alcohol now have acquired a love for the booze and before they knew it they were hooked and addicted.
You can't live life hiding your problems by drinking alcohol and furthermore booze fixes nothing at all. We all have problems in our lives and we need to cope with it and figure ways to solve our problems and make everyday count in our life.
Think before you drink, and if you think things are better being drunk then you are totally mistaken. Stand your grounds and never give in to the bottle to make your life better. As I said, it won't work, it just makes things worse all the way round.
Everyone has his or hers ups and downs in life, but you need to be a strong person to overcome these hurdles and problems that come to everyone sometime in their lives. Many people think that drinking alcohol is the fix all problem solution and in fact drinking just makes things worse than they really are.
The problem that you may have will be lightened while drinking, but at the end of the day, and you sober up, that problem that was so minor while drinking has come back to haunt you and sometimes even worse than ever.
Drinking alcohol will never wipe away any problems in life, so why even try. Everyone has to get out of the negativity they maybe living in and drinking alcohol thinking it might help. We all need to start living with a positive attitude and cope with our lives being clean and sober and not masking our problems with alcohol.
I have seen so many people that never drank start to drink alcohol when something went wrong in their lives and by doing so, these people that never drank alcohol now have acquired a love for the booze and before they knew it they were hooked and addicted.
You can't live life hiding your problems by drinking alcohol and furthermore booze fixes nothing at all. We all have problems in our lives and we need to cope with it and figure ways to solve our problems and make everyday count in our life.
Think before you drink, and if you think things are better being drunk then you are totally mistaken. Stand your grounds and never give in to the bottle to make your life better. As I said, it won't work, it just makes things worse all the way round.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Learning How To Live Clean And Sober
When someone has an addiction to alcohol, learning how to live clean and sober is the last thing on their mind until something horrible happens in their life that just may change it forever.
Learning to live clean and sober takes some real determination and willingness to stay clean. It won't be easy, but anything good in life needs some work put forth in order to achieve what you are out to accomplish and in this case sobriety is what we are looking to achieve.
Once you have taken that most important first step, which is admitting you are an alcoholic and need help is when you will start on your journey to recovery. The biggest thing is wanting to be clean and sober and not getting sober because you are forced into it by a family member or possibly the law enforcement.
You need to want it for yourself and no one else. You are the one that has this decision to make and no one else. You decide how you want to live your life, whether it be living drunk each day and abusing alcohol or living your life clean and sober. It is your choice only. You decide your own destiny in life, and always remember that.
No one forced you to start drinking alcohol, so you must try your hardest to change your life and live it clean and sober. You are missing out on so many things in life being addicted to alcohol.
Learning to live sober is as easy as you want to make it. If you are going to beat yourself up and feel sorry for yourself that you can't drink, and all your so called drinking friends are pounding them down, then you have to do a little growing up my friends.
Whats more important in life, living everyday of your life in a drunken state and missing out on what life is really about or just getting clean and sober once and for all and forgetting about the addiction that sooner or later will take your or someones life. You can bank on something happening that all could be avoided if you have the strength and the willpower to find your own sobriety.
WAYS I LEARNED TO STAY SOBER
You learned to love alcohol and be addicted to it, and now it's time to learn to live a sober and much happier life. Don't cut yourself short, you can get sober and it's all up to you and you only.
Think positive and you will achieve sobriety back into your life and believe me you won't be sorry you did.
Learning to live clean and sober takes some real determination and willingness to stay clean. It won't be easy, but anything good in life needs some work put forth in order to achieve what you are out to accomplish and in this case sobriety is what we are looking to achieve.
Once you have taken that most important first step, which is admitting you are an alcoholic and need help is when you will start on your journey to recovery. The biggest thing is wanting to be clean and sober and not getting sober because you are forced into it by a family member or possibly the law enforcement.
You need to want it for yourself and no one else. You are the one that has this decision to make and no one else. You decide how you want to live your life, whether it be living drunk each day and abusing alcohol or living your life clean and sober. It is your choice only. You decide your own destiny in life, and always remember that.
No one forced you to start drinking alcohol, so you must try your hardest to change your life and live it clean and sober. You are missing out on so many things in life being addicted to alcohol.
Learning to live sober is as easy as you want to make it. If you are going to beat yourself up and feel sorry for yourself that you can't drink, and all your so called drinking friends are pounding them down, then you have to do a little growing up my friends.
Whats more important in life, living everyday of your life in a drunken state and missing out on what life is really about or just getting clean and sober once and for all and forgetting about the addiction that sooner or later will take your or someones life. You can bank on something happening that all could be avoided if you have the strength and the willpower to find your own sobriety.
WAYS I LEARNED TO STAY SOBER
- I continue to stay busy physically and mentally each and everyday.
- I write articles on living clean and sober almost everyday to help others suffering from an addiction to alcohol.
- I keep a positive attitude towards my sobriety and living a clean and sober life.
- I look towards my future and the dreams and goals I can now achieve being sober.
- You need to start eating right and try to fit exercise into your daily life.
- Drink plenty of the best liquid in the world and that is Water.
- Take up a hobby that you always wanted to do and pursue it.
You learned to love alcohol and be addicted to it, and now it's time to learn to live a sober and much happier life. Don't cut yourself short, you can get sober and it's all up to you and you only.
Think positive and you will achieve sobriety back into your life and believe me you won't be sorry you did.
Alcoholism In A Family
It is a wonderful thing to have a great family life with each person loving and caring for each other, but when you have alcoholism in a family it can be a horrible life for all involved. No one wants to live where there is constant pressure and worry of what the alcoholic may do next.
Is the alcoholic a Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in your family? Do you still love them the same when drunk verses sober? Can the alcoholic in your family see that they are causing harm not only to them self, but the entire family that loves and cares for he/she?
When you have an alcoholic in a family many people tend to walk on egg shells while being around the person that is addicted to alcohol. Some people are scared to death that they might say something wrong when around the alcoholic. We have to watch every word said for the fear of upsetting the alcoholic and he/she may just may go from sociable to unbearable within minutes, just by saying one thing wrong or saying something that the alcoholic doesn't want to hear.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EFFECTS ALCOHOLISM HAS ON YOUR CHILDREN
What do you think our children are thinking when seeing their parent or parents drinking alcohol each and everyday? What kind of role model are we to these innocent children? Why do the alcoholics only seem to think of them self and not what the are showing and teaching these children?
By are children seeing the alcoholic drinking alcohol each day, they will in their later years think drinking alcohol is okay to do because after all, my parents did it everyday when I was young and still do to this day. I have heard those words so many times in my life, and to think I was one of those alcoholics that did drink everyday in front of my own innocent children.
Thinking back over two years ago when I finally stopped drinking alcohol and got out of the denial in lived in for so long, I feel a shamed and embarrassed of the addiction I had all through the young years of my children growing up and watching daddy drink alcohol each and everyday.
I always wondered, and still do to this day what was going through their minds as young children. Did they think it was okay to drink, just because they did look up to me and I was their father? I guess being they didn't know any better they just went along and excepted the way I was being an alcoholic in their family.
Man, I wish so bad I could turn back the hands of time and live those young years of my children clean and sober. Every alcoholic probably thinks the same way, but the addiction had got us and we were helpless to our demons. The demons ran our lives the way they wanted us to live being addicted to their fuel, which is the alcohol.
I write these articles as many other people that were addicted to alcohol have in hopes to help those now addicted and need and want to get clean and sober. Many ex-drinkers have websites or blogs to help those in need of help to surrender to their addiction to alcohol.
When someone wants help to get sober and doesn't know where to turn they head to the computer and Google, alcohol addiction, sobriety, alcohol, quit drinking alcohol and so many other keywords in hopes that one website will help them get sober once and for all.
As for myself, I did the exact thing when I wanted to get clean and sober and find my sobriety, so I search the web and found my savior and the big reason I am sober today. The website was called Spiritual River and I have to tell you between what I had learned by the articles in that site and my pure determination and my positive attitude I was able to get sober and remain sober and I have to say, staying sober is the biggest challenge of all, but I you have in you and the willingness and desire to stay sober then you will stay sober no matter what life throws at you each day.
So the big thing here is, if you are a person that has alcoholism in your family then be supportive to the alcoholic and offer the help they need, but never enable them, only assist them in their quest to hopefully get clean and sober.
Is the alcoholic a Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in your family? Do you still love them the same when drunk verses sober? Can the alcoholic in your family see that they are causing harm not only to them self, but the entire family that loves and cares for he/she?
When you have an alcoholic in a family many people tend to walk on egg shells while being around the person that is addicted to alcohol. Some people are scared to death that they might say something wrong when around the alcoholic. We have to watch every word said for the fear of upsetting the alcoholic and he/she may just may go from sociable to unbearable within minutes, just by saying one thing wrong or saying something that the alcoholic doesn't want to hear.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EFFECTS ALCOHOLISM HAS ON YOUR CHILDREN
What do you think our children are thinking when seeing their parent or parents drinking alcohol each and everyday? What kind of role model are we to these innocent children? Why do the alcoholics only seem to think of them self and not what the are showing and teaching these children?
By are children seeing the alcoholic drinking alcohol each day, they will in their later years think drinking alcohol is okay to do because after all, my parents did it everyday when I was young and still do to this day. I have heard those words so many times in my life, and to think I was one of those alcoholics that did drink everyday in front of my own innocent children.
Thinking back over two years ago when I finally stopped drinking alcohol and got out of the denial in lived in for so long, I feel a shamed and embarrassed of the addiction I had all through the young years of my children growing up and watching daddy drink alcohol each and everyday.
I always wondered, and still do to this day what was going through their minds as young children. Did they think it was okay to drink, just because they did look up to me and I was their father? I guess being they didn't know any better they just went along and excepted the way I was being an alcoholic in their family.
Man, I wish so bad I could turn back the hands of time and live those young years of my children clean and sober. Every alcoholic probably thinks the same way, but the addiction had got us and we were helpless to our demons. The demons ran our lives the way they wanted us to live being addicted to their fuel, which is the alcohol.
I write these articles as many other people that were addicted to alcohol have in hopes to help those now addicted and need and want to get clean and sober. Many ex-drinkers have websites or blogs to help those in need of help to surrender to their addiction to alcohol.
When someone wants help to get sober and doesn't know where to turn they head to the computer and Google, alcohol addiction, sobriety, alcohol, quit drinking alcohol and so many other keywords in hopes that one website will help them get sober once and for all.
As for myself, I did the exact thing when I wanted to get clean and sober and find my sobriety, so I search the web and found my savior and the big reason I am sober today. The website was called Spiritual River and I have to tell you between what I had learned by the articles in that site and my pure determination and my positive attitude I was able to get sober and remain sober and I have to say, staying sober is the biggest challenge of all, but I you have in you and the willingness and desire to stay sober then you will stay sober no matter what life throws at you each day.
So the big thing here is, if you are a person that has alcoholism in your family then be supportive to the alcoholic and offer the help they need, but never enable them, only assist them in their quest to hopefully get clean and sober.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
How One DUI Can Change Your Life
Everyone knows that drinking and driving changes lives in more ways than one. How many times have you been at a party or a bar and got into your vehicle and driven home?
These people have no respect for the human life and for their lives as well. The alcohol they have consumed over the evening makes them think that they are indestructible and they think they can make it home safe and sound. It's not them thinking, it is the alcohol thinking for them. The demons have now taken over your body and mind. They are the one that will change and ruin your life in a heart beat.
You better watch out for the men and ladies in blue. Have you even gave it a thought what the consequences would be if caught drinking and driving? Of course not. When drinking alcohol and getting to the point of being drunk, you really don't care about anything or anyone, including yourself.
I can give you a few things to think about and how one DUI can change your life. You may be just to proud to ask someone to pick you up or call for a ride to get home safe by a sober driver right?
That one mistake could change your live forever. A few hours of drinking and having fun could, and will, if caught ruin many things in your life, like losing your driving privileges, possible car crash, hurting or killing someone or yourself.
Lets just say you were out drinking all night and got into your car and started to head home. You are beating the odds so far driving and haven't been seen by any law enforcement and all of a sudden, you look in the rear view mirror and see those nice flashing light from your new found friend, our Police Officers.
You thought you were driving just fine, so you thought. Not knowing you were swerving back and forth pass the lines in the road. Your demons said you were driving great, but the Officers saw different.
Everyone thinks we can out smart the law, but with a few different sobriety test conducted on the street and that nice little machine we call today "the breathalyzer" can find more than you think right?
So you fail all test and get placed in the Police car and taken downtown, as they call it. You are booked and guess what, now you have a nice little record to your name. You are a drunken driver now and many will find out, including your boss in which some may lose their jobs over. Many need their drivers licence in order to perform their jobs. That's number one and secondly, your family will sooner or later find out and then the embarrassment will start to set in.
Lets suppose you didn't get caught by the law, but you lost control of your vehicle because of speeding and crashed. Suppose that crash involved an innocent person or person and caused them to be hospitalized or possibly killed. You know what happens if you kill someone from drinking and driving right?
You will be looking through those nice black bars in your own personal jail cell. What a way to spend many years of your life looking out through those bars and wondering, "Why did I drink and drive?"
So you were lucky this time getting home without getting caught, but watch out because everyone sooner or later, will lose and their luck will run out and you are finished or dead. It's that simple.
Click the link above DUI and read and take a good look at the vehicles involved in a DUI crash. Don't be them. Be smart and think before you drink!
These people have no respect for the human life and for their lives as well. The alcohol they have consumed over the evening makes them think that they are indestructible and they think they can make it home safe and sound. It's not them thinking, it is the alcohol thinking for them. The demons have now taken over your body and mind. They are the one that will change and ruin your life in a heart beat.
You better watch out for the men and ladies in blue. Have you even gave it a thought what the consequences would be if caught drinking and driving? Of course not. When drinking alcohol and getting to the point of being drunk, you really don't care about anything or anyone, including yourself.
I can give you a few things to think about and how one DUI can change your life. You may be just to proud to ask someone to pick you up or call for a ride to get home safe by a sober driver right?
That one mistake could change your live forever. A few hours of drinking and having fun could, and will, if caught ruin many things in your life, like losing your driving privileges, possible car crash, hurting or killing someone or yourself.
Lets just say you were out drinking all night and got into your car and started to head home. You are beating the odds so far driving and haven't been seen by any law enforcement and all of a sudden, you look in the rear view mirror and see those nice flashing light from your new found friend, our Police Officers.
You thought you were driving just fine, so you thought. Not knowing you were swerving back and forth pass the lines in the road. Your demons said you were driving great, but the Officers saw different.
Everyone thinks we can out smart the law, but with a few different sobriety test conducted on the street and that nice little machine we call today "the breathalyzer" can find more than you think right?
So you fail all test and get placed in the Police car and taken downtown, as they call it. You are booked and guess what, now you have a nice little record to your name. You are a drunken driver now and many will find out, including your boss in which some may lose their jobs over. Many need their drivers licence in order to perform their jobs. That's number one and secondly, your family will sooner or later find out and then the embarrassment will start to set in.
Lets suppose you didn't get caught by the law, but you lost control of your vehicle because of speeding and crashed. Suppose that crash involved an innocent person or person and caused them to be hospitalized or possibly killed. You know what happens if you kill someone from drinking and driving right?
You will be looking through those nice black bars in your own personal jail cell. What a way to spend many years of your life looking out through those bars and wondering, "Why did I drink and drive?"
So you were lucky this time getting home without getting caught, but watch out because everyone sooner or later, will lose and their luck will run out and you are finished or dead. It's that simple.
Click the link above DUI and read and take a good look at the vehicles involved in a DUI crash. Don't be them. Be smart and think before you drink!
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