I’m 32 married with one beautiful and smart daughter. I have a great job a super supportive wife and family. No reason to drink the way I do besides some stress from work and normal family stuff.
I’ve always had a control issue. All my friends know me as a heavy drinker. Only real activities I do with friends is drink. Weather it while watching football or anything.
I’m tried of it. The lost of money, the loss of time from work and family because I’m laying in bed all day, the dumb shit I say and do while drunk. The amount of people who won’t come near me anymore because of it. My for the past year my wife has been my top drinking parter she also has a limit problem. Doesn’t help when we both let lose. We enable each other but doesn’t think we have a problem. We never go hard around our daughter but drink.
I’d like for the next year to be easier on my body, family and career.
I’m a very social person and like I mentioned everyone I know drinks. Most all of my social events are surrounded by drinking.
I want to do it for my daughter but most of all I want it for me. I need help!
Welcome @Adam I just joined this month and I’m at day 28 now. One day at a time. This is a very good forum everyone is super supportive 
it’s a good way to get some tips between meetings if you decide to start those.
Thanks Steve. I look forward to it, I’d like to go to meetings I’ll look into them in my area. Congratulations on your sobriety and sticking through it during the holidays.
Hi Adam. I have made the same choice that you want to make. I can tell you it’s a lifestyle change for sure. Those people that I always partied with are still friends, but I’m afraid those types of functions aren’t going to be in my wheelhouse any longer. I’m absolutely sick of alcohol and I think I’d be fine around a bunch of my buds while they drink, but I don’t think I’d have much fun. My advice is to surround yourself with your family. Those friends who are true will still be your friends after you are committed to sobriety. I think you can still be a social person without every event being a “drinking event”.
There are lots of great people in this forum with many points of view. Welcome.