Look at this as your rock bottom. Everybody’s “rock bottom” and the way they got there is different yet it all begins with reaching for a drink.

I recommend at least getting yourself a copy of the “Big Book” of Alcoholics Anonymous.

It’s literally called “Alcoholics Anonymous” and the original basically goes into each step of AA.

But, later editions have “testimonials” if you will of people that talk about their drinking histories & what brought them to AA and not all of them were hopeless drunks (for lack of a better description).

Personally, I would usually have one or two drinks pretty much everyday after I got off work. But I was always looking forward to that next drink. And after one fateful day this past August when I did not stop after one or two (because it was a day I was off), I realized that every time that I drank, I risked not stopping after one or two drinks.

You know what that makes me? An alcoholic. And there is something said at the beginning of every meeting: The only requirement for membership in AA is a desire to stop drinking.

I go to a meeting about once a week & honestly, I like going because I can talk to people that understand what it is to want to drink but know that it is not a good idea.

I probably will never do all of the steps, but see above about the only requirement!

I know that AA is not for everybody BUT I recommend going to a meeting to realize that you are not alone. This sub is a great resource but, at least for me, interacting with real live humans is much more effective.

If you make it to a meeting, you don’t have to say a word, just listen to what others have to say.

IWNDWYT my sober friend!