I’m a semi funchale drunk and a sex addict. I just lost the love of my life after 11years. Oh and no I never cheated on her. I don’t see the new year being a good year right now.
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I can’t go to rehab I have to work or I’ll drownd
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Hey there, Im so sorry to hear about the loss of ur relationship. I do understand about having to work. But in all honesty, if u continue to drink, u may be only a matter of time before u lose ur job too 
Alcoholism is a progressive disease.
What about meetings? Have u ever tried an AA meeting? In person are great honestly. Online are okay too but I personally have always preferred in-person meetings. If ur really set on working, maybe attending meetings would help
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I’m sorry you are going through this heartache right now. One thing is for sure though if you continue drinking it’s only going to get worse from here. We’ve all at one point or another considered ourselves “ functioning” alcoholics or addicts but things like this break up your going through are usually signs we aren’t as functional as we thought. I can understand needing to continue to work as I had to as well when I quit . What I’ve done is read and participate here daily and online meetings a few times a week as well as listening to other sober material while cooking or walking.You can stay sober but you have to get up and work for it everyday.
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As we do. As we do.
I, like many of us, possess a remarkable talent: the ability to take an already bad situation and, through my own thinking and actions, make it far more worse than it ever needed to be.
There is no shame in this. It is simply the human condition left to run on its own power.
If you find yourself stuck in that familiar cycle, know this: there exists a fellowship of recovery. Many know it as Alcoholics Anonymous. You are not required to agree with anything, believe anything, or promise anything. You are simply invited to come by, sit down, and let us say hello. “Stick and stay”. We have been in that same dark hole, and we have discovered a way out that does not rely on willpower alone.
Some will sit with you in the darkness until you are ready. Others may offer tools, lumber, nails, and a hammer, so that you can build a ladder for yourself. These are the steps. And? no two journeys look the same, and that is perfectly fine too.
There are also other paths available. Structured support, outpatient programs, what the kids now call IOP, these and others have helped many find their footing.
What matters most is not the label of the solution, but the willingness to reach for one.
Light does not argue with darkness.
I have found that light, well? it simply appears.
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