Saw this prompt online and really liked it.
Looking forward to seeing y’all’s answers!
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-You can’t dodge this bullet just like the rest of your family couldn’t. So maybe try something different.
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“You aren’t what’s in your head.”
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If you think “moderation” is to stop at the second beer and obsess over the hypothetical third, you’re not moderating.
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It is only going to get worse, so pack it in now!
All those things you daydream about? You will actually DO some if u stop drinking!
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There’s nothing in your life that drinking is more important.
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Yes you do really have a problem. Yes you are an alcoholic. Yes you do need to quit. No you aren’t fooling anyone.
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You’re running brother. You should be standing your ground. You think this feels good, and maybe it does, or seems to - but the cost is:
- You’ll be alone.
- You’ll waste $10K+ of lost opportunity and income.
- You’ll starve yourself of love, of real human connection.
I would say: what do you want? If you have a magic wand? Then I would say: ok, good. What’s the very first step? Who do you have to call? Call them and see what happens.
Don’t sit at home living in a dream of what could happen. Seize your day, live and move forward, step up with courage and take a leap. You will thank yourself.
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It literally is killing you.
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Your family deserves the best version of you and this isn’t it.
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Nothing. I wouldn’t of listened
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Thank You for yr post. It really moved me.
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Happy to share Sam. When I think back I feel compassion for that boy. And I think we all feel compassion for our younger selves in one way or another.
I think our pasts are the stories we start from. Our present is our path to progress. Yes we have rough pasts. But we are moving forward. And we are human. We are just as human as the next person. And that matters 
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Best thing you can do is to come clean.
You. Can. End. It. For. Good!!!
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The party’s over. Booze is not medicine for your anxiety and depression is waiting for you if you keep this up.
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I’ve thought about this, and don’t think there’s anything I could have said that would’ve gotten me sober sooner. Even when I knew there was a problem, I still just wasn’t ready to really get sober. I didn’t get it yet.
If anything, maybe I would tell myself just how bad it got at the end, slowly but surely, and how it doesn’t have to be that way.
I wouldn’t have listened though!
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Maybe I would say, Stop thinking you have things figured out. You know you don’t. And I know that hurts but you don’t want to let go.
That’s okay, there are others who found peace. Go do what they do instead, even when it’s uncomfortable.
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Go to therapy, NOT the fucking liquor store.
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Don’t allow fear to stop you from experiencing what you deserve… a clean and sober life. Nothing changes… if nothing changes. It’s okay to feel and to let ur guard down. Be vulnerable. Keep going!
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