So many people in our world suffer from either an alcohol or drug addiction and they have no idea where to start to get sober in a safe and healthy way. I, fortunately never had an addiction to drugs, but made up for it by being addicted to alcohol for many years.
Many people that are addicted to alcohol want to quit drinking and often wonder to them selves if quitting drinking cold turkey would be the answer. In many cases, such as my case, going cold turkey worked for me, but it is not the answer for many other people addicted to drugs or alcohol.
These people may be in danger if they tried to go cold turkey without the proper Medical help and guidance through the process of their detoxification. You really have to see the proper Doctor and let him/her diagnose and examine the extent of you addiction and guide and place you in the proper Rehabilatation Center to get the correct care in a safe way.
If any alcoholic thinks and wants sobriety back into their lives again, I would recomend starting off first by preparing yourself for a lenthy journey and get ready for journey of a life time. This journey will not only save your life, but when all said and done, you can be proud of yourself as I am of myself that you and I have beat our demons on our own.
Don't get me wrong and don't be afraid of sobriety, but I must say when I decided to go cold turkey and quit drinking alcohol once and for all, I was scared to death and the reason was I have lived with my addiction to alcohol for many years, as all alcoholics do, and I didn't know how I would feel or react with the absence of alcohol in my body.
Would I be a happier person? Would I get sick or get the Dts from having no alcohol in my system by just cutting off the supply of alcohol instantly?
These were a few things that went through my mind when I decided to finally surrender to my addiction to alcohol. Believe it or not, those things never happened to me after all the worrying. I was fine as far as the above, but I have to say, I was a bit nervous as the days went by. I did feel fidgety and didn't know what to do with my hands or myself. I keep telling myself hang in there and you will get through this and become sober again.
As the day went by, and weeks to follow, things began to feel better inside my old self and I then realized I have been sober for three weeks and then it became months, and now I have passed my two year mark being clean and sober. I can't believe how fast time went and how great I feel.
I have no desire or the urge to ever drink alcohol again and it will stay like that till the end of my time here on earth. I gave myself a second chance at a clean and healthy life and I have no regrets of tossing my addiction aside to live the clean life. You can do the same thing if you are willing to admit to your addiction to alcohol, and want a better life, as I have experienced.
Stand up to your demons and shut them down in their tracks and you will see just how sobriety will change your life as it did mine.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Why Do Alcoholics Lie To Others
Being an alcoholic myself, but now clean and sober for over two years I learned all the tricks of how to hide and lie to others about my drinking. The question is, "why do alcoholics lie to others?"
When a person has become addicted to alcohol, some of them may hide their addiction from others for the reason of embarrassment. I know that after many years of my drinking alcohol I began to get embarrassed to even go outside with a beer in my hand. I knew deep down that what I was doing was wrong, and I say wrong because I would have a beer in my hand pretty much all day.
Don't get me wrong, I love to drink and have nothing against anyone that drinks alcohol, but in my case I carried it too far and didn't know when to stop. I didn't have that luxury of having one or two drinks and call it quits for the day. I had to get enough alcohol to cop that buzz I longed for each day. Now sober and looking back on those days I was really foolish and a very weak person to say the least and never learned to say the words, "enough is enough."
As far as the lies alcoholics tell, they are endless. I knew a few myself, but in the end I (we) are only lying to ourselves. I lived, as many alcoholics live in a world of denial. No matter what anyone tells us we don't believe them or care to listen to their ridiculous remarks on how much we drink.
People would come up to me and ask:
Why do you drink so much?
Haven't you had enough beer?
Do you think you have an addiction problem?
Do you think you are an alcoholic?
Can't you ever go a day without a drink in your hand?
Can't you go anywhere without asking if there will be alcohol?
All these things people would ask me and I am very sure they have asked these same questions to just about every alcoholic that people and family worry about and care for their well being.
After all said and done I still never thought I had a addiction problem at all and just thought these people were rude and didn't know me as they thought they knew me. Man was I dead wrong with thinking that way that's for sure.
Here are some examples of my lies and maybe a few will ring a bell to other alcoholics.
I promise I will slow down on my drinking.
I promise to only drink on weekends and Holidays.
Please don't leave me I will stop drinking alcohol now.
I didn't mean what I said last night, I was drunk.
I only had a couple of beers.
No I didn't stop at the bar on the way home from work.
I promise I will quit drinking alcohol after this weekend.
I will not buy anymore alcohol I promise.
Maybe some of these lies will hit home to a few alcoholics and maybe you will have your own lies that you think you will get away with. Believe me, we are only lying and fooling our self and no one else.
'Get out of denial and stop lying and making excuses for your addiction and your actions and lifestyle. Man up and surrender to your addiction and start to live life like it should be lived and that is clean and sober.
When you surrender and stop the lying it will feel like the world is lifted off your shoulders. I know it felt that way for me once I became clean and sober. No more lies and excuses why I drink and now more hiding behind the bottle. No more feeling embarrassed of your addiction and instead feeling proud as hell of your achievement of finding sobriety and living a new and sober life.
When a person has become addicted to alcohol, some of them may hide their addiction from others for the reason of embarrassment. I know that after many years of my drinking alcohol I began to get embarrassed to even go outside with a beer in my hand. I knew deep down that what I was doing was wrong, and I say wrong because I would have a beer in my hand pretty much all day.
Don't get me wrong, I love to drink and have nothing against anyone that drinks alcohol, but in my case I carried it too far and didn't know when to stop. I didn't have that luxury of having one or two drinks and call it quits for the day. I had to get enough alcohol to cop that buzz I longed for each day. Now sober and looking back on those days I was really foolish and a very weak person to say the least and never learned to say the words, "enough is enough."
As far as the lies alcoholics tell, they are endless. I knew a few myself, but in the end I (we) are only lying to ourselves. I lived, as many alcoholics live in a world of denial. No matter what anyone tells us we don't believe them or care to listen to their ridiculous remarks on how much we drink.
People would come up to me and ask:
Why do you drink so much?
Haven't you had enough beer?
Do you think you have an addiction problem?
Do you think you are an alcoholic?
Can't you ever go a day without a drink in your hand?
Can't you go anywhere without asking if there will be alcohol?
All these things people would ask me and I am very sure they have asked these same questions to just about every alcoholic that people and family worry about and care for their well being.
After all said and done I still never thought I had a addiction problem at all and just thought these people were rude and didn't know me as they thought they knew me. Man was I dead wrong with thinking that way that's for sure.
Here are some examples of my lies and maybe a few will ring a bell to other alcoholics.
I promise I will slow down on my drinking.
I promise to only drink on weekends and Holidays.
Please don't leave me I will stop drinking alcohol now.
I didn't mean what I said last night, I was drunk.
I only had a couple of beers.
No I didn't stop at the bar on the way home from work.
I promise I will quit drinking alcohol after this weekend.
I will not buy anymore alcohol I promise.
Maybe some of these lies will hit home to a few alcoholics and maybe you will have your own lies that you think you will get away with. Believe me, we are only lying and fooling our self and no one else.
'Get out of denial and stop lying and making excuses for your addiction and your actions and lifestyle. Man up and surrender to your addiction and start to live life like it should be lived and that is clean and sober.
When you surrender and stop the lying it will feel like the world is lifted off your shoulders. I know it felt that way for me once I became clean and sober. No more lies and excuses why I drink and now more hiding behind the bottle. No more feeling embarrassed of your addiction and instead feeling proud as hell of your achievement of finding sobriety and living a new and sober life.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Having The Urge To Drink While In Recovery
All of us have had the urge to do something in our life that we know will hurt us in the end, but having the urge to drink while in recovery can be devastating to the reformed alcoholic or the alcoholic that just surrendered to their addiction to alcohol.
When the alcoholic finally admits they have a drinking problem and decides to quit drinking alcohol there will be many urges to drink while starting this long road to recovery. For myself, when I surrendered to my addiction to alcohol there were many times in the beginning and even in today that the urge has come over me to drink alcohol, but I promised myself over two years ago that no matter what happens in my life and what road blocks I come up against I will never pick up a alcohol drink ever again.
HERE ARE A FEW STEPS I LEARNED TO GETTING SOBER AND STAYING SOBER:
1. First you must admit you have a drinking problem and need help to get sober.
2. You need to want to get clean and sober and your heart has to be into it and not just doing
it to make someone in your life happy or to get them off your back with the nagging
to you regarding your addiction and your life style.
3. As hard as it might seem, you need to promise yourself never to drink again and never
break that promise to yourself no matter what happens in your life.
4. You must be and stay strong to yourself and respect yourself enough not to ever drink
' again.
5. You have to be stronger than your addiction.
6. You need to eat and sleep right, eating all the right foods and drink that water to
cleanse your body that you abused for so many years.
7. You need to exercise, run, walk, lift weights or what ever it takes to get your body
back into shape.
8. You need to stay busy, mentally and physically to keep your mind off the booze.
9. You may need to stay away from you past drinking buddies and the bars you used to
visit and drink your nights away.
10. Stay away from all things that would bring temptation to drink alcohol again.
These are just a few things that helped my get and stay sober for over two years now. The longer you stay clean and sober the easier it will be to handle different things that may happen bad in your life.
I can tell you, as I said before, that many things happened to me and my family in those two years, and even though I thought about alcohol and drinking again to fix the problem, (in which it never fixes the problem, it only makes things a thousand times worse) I was strong enough to say NO!
Anyone can do the same thing as I have done, if and only if you want sobriety bad enough in your life, and if you are not positively ready to surrender to your addiction, and what a new life, then it will not work. (YOU HAVE TO WANT SOBRIETY AND HAVE IT IN YOUR HEART TO GET AND STAY CLEAN AND SOBER)
Stay focused and keep that positive attitude, and with the willing and the determination you will indeed achieve sobriety in your life.
When the alcoholic finally admits they have a drinking problem and decides to quit drinking alcohol there will be many urges to drink while starting this long road to recovery. For myself, when I surrendered to my addiction to alcohol there were many times in the beginning and even in today that the urge has come over me to drink alcohol, but I promised myself over two years ago that no matter what happens in my life and what road blocks I come up against I will never pick up a alcohol drink ever again.
HERE ARE A FEW STEPS I LEARNED TO GETTING SOBER AND STAYING SOBER:
1. First you must admit you have a drinking problem and need help to get sober.
2. You need to want to get clean and sober and your heart has to be into it and not just doing
it to make someone in your life happy or to get them off your back with the nagging
to you regarding your addiction and your life style.
3. As hard as it might seem, you need to promise yourself never to drink again and never
break that promise to yourself no matter what happens in your life.
4. You must be and stay strong to yourself and respect yourself enough not to ever drink
' again.
5. You have to be stronger than your addiction.
6. You need to eat and sleep right, eating all the right foods and drink that water to
cleanse your body that you abused for so many years.
7. You need to exercise, run, walk, lift weights or what ever it takes to get your body
back into shape.
8. You need to stay busy, mentally and physically to keep your mind off the booze.
9. You may need to stay away from you past drinking buddies and the bars you used to
visit and drink your nights away.
10. Stay away from all things that would bring temptation to drink alcohol again.
These are just a few things that helped my get and stay sober for over two years now. The longer you stay clean and sober the easier it will be to handle different things that may happen bad in your life.
I can tell you, as I said before, that many things happened to me and my family in those two years, and even though I thought about alcohol and drinking again to fix the problem, (in which it never fixes the problem, it only makes things a thousand times worse) I was strong enough to say NO!
Anyone can do the same thing as I have done, if and only if you want sobriety bad enough in your life, and if you are not positively ready to surrender to your addiction, and what a new life, then it will not work. (YOU HAVE TO WANT SOBRIETY AND HAVE IT IN YOUR HEART TO GET AND STAY CLEAN AND SOBER)
Stay focused and keep that positive attitude, and with the willing and the determination you will indeed achieve sobriety in your life.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Why Can't I Quit Drinking Alcohol
Have you ever wanted to quit something so bad, but you don't where to start in quiting. One thing alcoholics may ask them selves is, "why can't I quit drinking alcohol?" The reason I have found that I or you can't quit drinking alcohol is because we don't want sobriety bad enough to take action of our addictions.
If someone wants something bad enough we will do and try anything to achieve what we want to do, and in my case and every alcoholics case, is that we need to put our addiction to the back and look at our life and the horrible life we are living plus, we are setting a poor example for our children if you have any.
Quitting drinking can and will change your life as it did mine. I always put my experiences of drinking alcohol and my life and the results of my addiction out to the world in hopes that many will learn by my mistakes. Sobriety is waiting for all of us. The only thing we the alcoholics have to do is first to want sobriety, and if you want it then just go for it.
Sobriety won't come to you unless you go after it. If you want to live a long healthy life then I would recommend thinking about quitting drinking alcohol. Sure, it will take some hard work, but what doesn't take work for a positive outcome?
When you or someone else ask, "why you can't quit drinking your answer should be because you just don't want to. There is no such word as "I can't." You can do anything in life that you want, but the big problem is to get to that point of wanting something, and in this case, you have to want sobriety back into your life.
When I surrendered to my addiction to alcohol over two years ago I never thought it would be possible because I depended on alcohol thinking it helped me get through each day and in fact it helped me destroy my body and my life each day instead of helping.
You know, sometimes it takes a huge wake up call or something bad to happen to someone in order to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Don't ever say you can not do something, because as I said, if you have the will and determination, anything is possible in life, including getting sober and staying sober.
If someone wants something bad enough we will do and try anything to achieve what we want to do, and in my case and every alcoholics case, is that we need to put our addiction to the back and look at our life and the horrible life we are living plus, we are setting a poor example for our children if you have any.
Quitting drinking can and will change your life as it did mine. I always put my experiences of drinking alcohol and my life and the results of my addiction out to the world in hopes that many will learn by my mistakes. Sobriety is waiting for all of us. The only thing we the alcoholics have to do is first to want sobriety, and if you want it then just go for it.
Sobriety won't come to you unless you go after it. If you want to live a long healthy life then I would recommend thinking about quitting drinking alcohol. Sure, it will take some hard work, but what doesn't take work for a positive outcome?
When you or someone else ask, "why you can't quit drinking your answer should be because you just don't want to. There is no such word as "I can't." You can do anything in life that you want, but the big problem is to get to that point of wanting something, and in this case, you have to want sobriety back into your life.
When I surrendered to my addiction to alcohol over two years ago I never thought it would be possible because I depended on alcohol thinking it helped me get through each day and in fact it helped me destroy my body and my life each day instead of helping.
You know, sometimes it takes a huge wake up call or something bad to happen to someone in order to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Don't ever say you can not do something, because as I said, if you have the will and determination, anything is possible in life, including getting sober and staying sober.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Are You Ready To Get Sober
I asked a question to myself over two years ago and that was, "are you ready to get sober Mark?" When people drink alcohol they tend to change into someone else in the eyes of others, but the person drinking doesn't see just how their mood, personality and actions change when drinking alcohol.
For myself, when I drank, I thought I was perfect and I never did anything that would hinder my actions or hurt someone physically or mentally with what I did or what I said. I found out when I became clean and sober I was dead wrong by what people would tell me as I stood in front of them sober. I was shocked to hear many things and never knew. I was the talk of the town years ago and never knew it.
The question I have for anyone that is addicted to alcohol is, "when will you be ready to get sober and stay sober?"
Will it take something drastic to happen to you or your life? Will it take being on the verge of losing your family and friends all because you are drinking too much and can't stop no matter what happens or what people say to you?
This is something to really think about. You need to put your priorities in order and think to yourself which is more important, your life, your family and friends or the booze?
Make up your mind one way or another whether you want sobriety in your life or just stay on the path of self destruction by drinking alcohol and take the chance of losing your family or possibly losing your own life.
You can get sober, believe me. The only thing you must do to start the process of recovery is to admit you have a problem and surrender to you inner demons once and for all. Once you have surrender and ask for the help you need to get sober, then the process of recovery will begin.
Understand, this will not happen overnight getting back to your old sober life. It took years for you to get addicted to alcohol and it will take time to get used to being sober and having no alcohol in your body, but don't fear, each and everyday sober will get easier and easier, at least it did for me.
Stay focused on getting clean and sober. Stay positive and keep that positive attitude going and continue to tell yourself that you can and will get sober again, and with the strength,
determination and the willingness to get sober, it will indeed happen.
This May Help You In Your Quest To Get Sober.
For myself, when I drank, I thought I was perfect and I never did anything that would hinder my actions or hurt someone physically or mentally with what I did or what I said. I found out when I became clean and sober I was dead wrong by what people would tell me as I stood in front of them sober. I was shocked to hear many things and never knew. I was the talk of the town years ago and never knew it.
The question I have for anyone that is addicted to alcohol is, "when will you be ready to get sober and stay sober?"
Will it take something drastic to happen to you or your life? Will it take being on the verge of losing your family and friends all because you are drinking too much and can't stop no matter what happens or what people say to you?
This is something to really think about. You need to put your priorities in order and think to yourself which is more important, your life, your family and friends or the booze?
Make up your mind one way or another whether you want sobriety in your life or just stay on the path of self destruction by drinking alcohol and take the chance of losing your family or possibly losing your own life.
You can get sober, believe me. The only thing you must do to start the process of recovery is to admit you have a problem and surrender to you inner demons once and for all. Once you have surrender and ask for the help you need to get sober, then the process of recovery will begin.
Understand, this will not happen overnight getting back to your old sober life. It took years for you to get addicted to alcohol and it will take time to get used to being sober and having no alcohol in your body, but don't fear, each and everyday sober will get easier and easier, at least it did for me.
Stay focused on getting clean and sober. Stay positive and keep that positive attitude going and continue to tell yourself that you can and will get sober again, and with the strength,
determination and the willingness to get sober, it will indeed happen.
This May Help You In Your Quest To Get Sober.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Are You Afraid To Get Clean And Sober
What are you afraid of ?
Are you afraid to get clean and sober ?
Are you worried what your drinking partners will say ?
Rest assure, you will be better off then your drinking buddies when you decide to get clean and sober. When the alcoholic has had alcohol in their system for so many years, like myself, it tends to be a huge part of the alcoholics life and they are afraid to do without it, as I was.
What will I feel like being clean and sober? Will I get sick from the absence of alcohol in my body?
These are the questions I asked myself before I decided to quit drinking alcohol.
I was scared to death thinking of all the different things that may happen to me when I became sober, but it wasn't enough for me to back down and stay addicted to alcohol. I was determined to change my life around and live it like it should be lived and not let alcohol run my life for me.
Since I became clean and sober I now realize that sobriety will never hurt you, it's your addiction to alcohol that will kill you in the end and you can take that to the bank.
If you are like I was and need to drink every night, seven days a week for years without a break, than I would seriously think about getting help or just tossing in the towel, because you will never beat your demons and the games they play on you and your body. So, you might as well surrender to them and get sober once and for all. They will win in the end if you keep on the path of self destruction.
I believe I caught it just in time before my whole world fell apart and thank God I did. It has been just over 2 years sober now and I don't miss the drink at all. I have no desire to drink or the urge to drink at all. I am not afraid to be around people that still drink alcohol because I know that I am stronger than my addiction now and I have learned the best word of all and that is to be able to say NO!!
So if you are afraid to get clean and sober, don't be, because it will be the best thing you could ever do in your life. You will feel free once again and not having your addiction run your life wherever you go. You will now be in charge of your own life again.
Are you afraid to get clean and sober ?
Are you worried what your drinking partners will say ?
Rest assure, you will be better off then your drinking buddies when you decide to get clean and sober. When the alcoholic has had alcohol in their system for so many years, like myself, it tends to be a huge part of the alcoholics life and they are afraid to do without it, as I was.
What will I feel like being clean and sober? Will I get sick from the absence of alcohol in my body?
These are the questions I asked myself before I decided to quit drinking alcohol.
I was scared to death thinking of all the different things that may happen to me when I became sober, but it wasn't enough for me to back down and stay addicted to alcohol. I was determined to change my life around and live it like it should be lived and not let alcohol run my life for me.
Since I became clean and sober I now realize that sobriety will never hurt you, it's your addiction to alcohol that will kill you in the end and you can take that to the bank.
If you are like I was and need to drink every night, seven days a week for years without a break, than I would seriously think about getting help or just tossing in the towel, because you will never beat your demons and the games they play on you and your body. So, you might as well surrender to them and get sober once and for all. They will win in the end if you keep on the path of self destruction.
I believe I caught it just in time before my whole world fell apart and thank God I did. It has been just over 2 years sober now and I don't miss the drink at all. I have no desire to drink or the urge to drink at all. I am not afraid to be around people that still drink alcohol because I know that I am stronger than my addiction now and I have learned the best word of all and that is to be able to say NO!!
So if you are afraid to get clean and sober, don't be, because it will be the best thing you could ever do in your life. You will feel free once again and not having your addiction run your life wherever you go. You will now be in charge of your own life again.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Are You Living In Denial With Your Addiction
There are so many people that are addicted to alcohol, but they think there is nothing wrong with them. They think what they are doing by abusing alcohol is not a problem, but they have no idea what they are putting themselves and others that love them through.
The big question to the alcoholic is, "are you living in denial with your addiction?" I know now being that I am sober, that I certainly lived in denial for many years. I said the same thing. I am not doing anything wrong and I am not hurting a soul so why is everyone saying I have an addiction to alcohol? They were my famous sayings while so blinded by my addiction.
I believe the word denial is, "the absence of acceptance." The alcoholic is not willing to accept they have a drinking problem, no matter what anyone tells them or even what they see when looking into a mirror. They truly can see through their own eyes that they are slowly, but surely killing them self. The old saying is that, "pictures or mirrors don't lie" and I can testify to that by what I saw in myself as I slowing was declining in health and looks.
Living in denial with your addiction is something that you the alcoholic can only change. Hopefully the alcoholic will realize that they have a problem with drinking before it is too late. For some people that are addicted may never see the light and get out of their denial and for others they may catch it in enough time to change their life and live it clean and sober for the rest of their time here on earth. As for myself, it took many years to see the light and to get out of the denial I lived in for so long. I now know that sobriety is a wonderful thing and I only wished I would have realized it much earlier in life, but as they say, "better late than never."
Once you have realized you are an alcoholic and need help, and admit it to yourself and everyone else, than getting clean and sober is going to enter your life, because you have surrendered and want to get help and want sobriety back into your life.
As hard as it might seem, getting clean and sober is possible for anyone addicted to alcohol or even using drugs. You may say, "yes, easier said than done," but I have to tell you, I did it and never really thought I could until I put my mind to it and got out of the denial I lived in for so long. Once you realize you have a real problem then it should be no problem admitting you live in denial and you want to do something about it by surrendering to your demons.
If you want a quality life and to be healthy again stand up to your demons and surrender to your addiction. Get out of denial and take action to change your life for the good. Ask for the help you need to get better and never hide behind your addiction because those you are hiding from know the real story, but you may think they don't. You would be surprised just how many people are talking about you without you even knowing. I call say this because once I got clean and sober is when I found out the true feelings people thought about me.
Give sobriety a second chance and you will be surprised of just how great your life will be living life sober.
The big question to the alcoholic is, "are you living in denial with your addiction?" I know now being that I am sober, that I certainly lived in denial for many years. I said the same thing. I am not doing anything wrong and I am not hurting a soul so why is everyone saying I have an addiction to alcohol? They were my famous sayings while so blinded by my addiction.
I believe the word denial is, "the absence of acceptance." The alcoholic is not willing to accept they have a drinking problem, no matter what anyone tells them or even what they see when looking into a mirror. They truly can see through their own eyes that they are slowly, but surely killing them self. The old saying is that, "pictures or mirrors don't lie" and I can testify to that by what I saw in myself as I slowing was declining in health and looks.
Living in denial with your addiction is something that you the alcoholic can only change. Hopefully the alcoholic will realize that they have a problem with drinking before it is too late. For some people that are addicted may never see the light and get out of their denial and for others they may catch it in enough time to change their life and live it clean and sober for the rest of their time here on earth. As for myself, it took many years to see the light and to get out of the denial I lived in for so long. I now know that sobriety is a wonderful thing and I only wished I would have realized it much earlier in life, but as they say, "better late than never."
Once you have realized you are an alcoholic and need help, and admit it to yourself and everyone else, than getting clean and sober is going to enter your life, because you have surrendered and want to get help and want sobriety back into your life.
As hard as it might seem, getting clean and sober is possible for anyone addicted to alcohol or even using drugs. You may say, "yes, easier said than done," but I have to tell you, I did it and never really thought I could until I put my mind to it and got out of the denial I lived in for so long. Once you realize you have a real problem then it should be no problem admitting you live in denial and you want to do something about it by surrendering to your demons.
If you want a quality life and to be healthy again stand up to your demons and surrender to your addiction. Get out of denial and take action to change your life for the good. Ask for the help you need to get better and never hide behind your addiction because those you are hiding from know the real story, but you may think they don't. You would be surprised just how many people are talking about you without you even knowing. I call say this because once I got clean and sober is when I found out the true feelings people thought about me.
Give sobriety a second chance and you will be surprised of just how great your life will be living life sober.
Monday, November 7, 2011
How To Overcome An Addiction To Alcohol
For so many people that have an addiction, it is hard to tell them how to overcome an addiction to alcohol. Those that are fortunate enough to not have this problem don't understand just how hard it is to surrender to something that is a huge part of ones life, meaning the alcoholic has lived with their addiction for so many years it's like a part of them. They need it everyday of their lives to make it through their day.
In order to surrender to their addiction to alcohol, they will have to be willing to give in to their demons and quit drinking alcohol once and for all. This is a scary thought to the alcoholic because they are afraid of how they might feel with the absence of alcohol in their bodies.
I can testify to this statement, because when I surrendered to my addiction to alcohol I was scared to death of the way I might feel without alcohol in my body. I knew I would have some reactions and would feel like crap without the alcohol in my body, but I made my mind up to quit drinking and there was nothing that was going to stop me from reaching sobriety and long term sobriety to boot.
To be able to overcome anything or any problem in life is certainly a challenge to say the least, but if you are willing to make that change in your life you will do anything to achieve what you have set out to do, and in my case, and every alcoholic's case, getting clean and sober is the our challenge in life and once we conquered that we will feel at peace that our demons have been overcome and all of us (the alcoholics) should be so very proud of what they have accomplished in achieving our sobriety.
I just want to try and tell those that are addicted to alcohol to never give up hope on yourself for sobriety is in your future, only if you want it bad enough, as I did. Continue to keep a positive attitude and keep telling yourself that you can and will get clean and sober.
To overcome anything in life takes hard work, determination and the willingness to walk away from your demons and live life sober.
OVERCOME YOUR ADDICTION NOW!
In order to surrender to their addiction to alcohol, they will have to be willing to give in to their demons and quit drinking alcohol once and for all. This is a scary thought to the alcoholic because they are afraid of how they might feel with the absence of alcohol in their bodies.
I can testify to this statement, because when I surrendered to my addiction to alcohol I was scared to death of the way I might feel without alcohol in my body. I knew I would have some reactions and would feel like crap without the alcohol in my body, but I made my mind up to quit drinking and there was nothing that was going to stop me from reaching sobriety and long term sobriety to boot.
To be able to overcome anything or any problem in life is certainly a challenge to say the least, but if you are willing to make that change in your life you will do anything to achieve what you have set out to do, and in my case, and every alcoholic's case, getting clean and sober is the our challenge in life and once we conquered that we will feel at peace that our demons have been overcome and all of us (the alcoholics) should be so very proud of what they have accomplished in achieving our sobriety.
I just want to try and tell those that are addicted to alcohol to never give up hope on yourself for sobriety is in your future, only if you want it bad enough, as I did. Continue to keep a positive attitude and keep telling yourself that you can and will get clean and sober.
To overcome anything in life takes hard work, determination and the willingness to walk away from your demons and live life sober.
OVERCOME YOUR ADDICTION NOW!
- Get out of denial and admit you have an addiction to alcohol and need help.
- Stop thinking negative and begin having a positive attitude.
- Tell everyone you are going to stop drinking alcohol.
- Be happy for yourself that you are about to change your life for the good.
- Don't be embarrassed of your addiction to alcohol.
- Believe in yourself and love yourself enough to get clean and sober.
- Stay clear of your past drinking buddies.
- Stay away from the bars and places you once drank alcohol at.
- Plan your goals and prepare for your sobriety.
- Keep yourself busy physically and mentally at all times.
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