I am in a situation where I have to stop drinking. I’m married have one daughter and my wife has threatened to leave me various times because of my drinking. The biggest problem I have is once I start drinking I am completely unable to stop. I can’t stop until all of the alcohol is gone. I have struggled with drinking for years since I was in high school and it has gotten worse and worse. I don’t want my wife to leave me and take my daughter away from me. I have tried quitting drinking various times and have never made it past one week. After a few days I start to feel incredibly irritable and tense. I dont know how to make this feeling go away. I hope that this will eventually go away but I have never made it long enough to see. I just know that this is my last chance.
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Hi there, what worked for me was AA. I had a rough few weeks when I stopped drinking. Talking to other alcoholics helped. I have been sober for 5 weeks now. One thing that I found help when I was irritatable was thinking of the consequences of drinking. I could lose my family and I would be homeless. By the time I ran through all the conquences the thought of drinking was gone. Good luck and take it one day at a time.