Tweet Talk about a crazy emotional can’t stop crying day (yesterday the 29th)! I guess that’s what happens when you have a meeting with your substance abuse counselor and then decide to suck it up, be brave and walk into your first AA meeting that same day. Definitely a recipe for an emotional day! Meeting […]
Archives for March 2012
My Story
Tweet What you see on the about page is a very very condensed version of my story. I barely even touched the surface to what being an alcoholic has been like. This is the long version of my story. My Drinking Began – High School I took my first drink of alcohol when I was […]
My First Substance Abuse Treatment Appointment
Tweet I met with my substance abuse treatment counselor today and it was hell. But hell in a good way if that makes any sense. For the first time in weeks I felt like there was hope for me. As she was telling me everything I was going to have to do during my treatment […]
Admitting I Have a Problem
Tweet Right now, writing seems to be all that I have – I’ve burned so many bridges and ruined so many friendships that I have no friends I can talk to anymore. At least not any local friends. So I turned to writing but even just writing about this makes me feel ashamed, humiliated, embarrassed […]
Do I Have a Drinking Problem?
Tweet I recently celebrated my birthday. Of course my goal that night was too see how drunk I could get. In fact, all I thought about all day long was getting drunk. I couldn’t wait until 6 o’clock when I headed out for a birthday dinner! I joked with a friend that I didn’t care […]