http://www.alcohol-rehab.co.uk/alcohol-advice/a-new-year-resolution/ Get some friendly, non-judgemental advice Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:58:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.alcohol-rehab.co.uk/alcohol-advice/a-new-year-resolution/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Otha Hurdle Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:57:42 +0000 http://www.alcohol-rehab.co.uk/?p=32#comment-184 I have been sober for almost 5 years thanks to the companionship of A.A., sponsor, 12-steps, and a God of my understanding. I was a "high functioning alcoholic" who was starting to lose my grasp on the functional aspect. Even So, it was very tough for me to admit I was alcoholic because I had maintained the same line of work for over five years, was wed, owned a house, had good apparel, etc. Once I begun to attend A.A. meetings, I met others who drunk exactly like me, felt like me, and existed like me. That power to interrelate and identify is what started me on the route to a day-by-day recovery. I never reckoned I could live my life without alcohol. Now I am so grateful to wake up and know what happened the night before, not be filled with self-reproach or sorrow, and feel physically good. I have been sober for almost 5 years thanks to the companionship of A.A., sponsor, 12-steps, and a God of my understanding. I was a “high functioning alcoholic” who was starting to lose my grasp on the functional aspect. Even So, it was very tough for me to admit I was alcoholic because I had maintained the same line of work for over five years, was wed, owned a house, had good apparel, etc. Once I begun to attend A.A. meetings, I met others who drunk exactly like me, felt like me, and existed like me. That power to interrelate and identify is what started me on the route to a day-by-day recovery. I never reckoned I could live my life without alcohol. Now I am so grateful to wake up and know what happened the night before, not be filled with self-reproach or sorrow, and feel physically good.

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