Alcoholics Anonymous

[warpig1]

Does anyone know of anyone who has attended AA and found it to be beneficial, or know of alternative help centres?

Thanks.

[warpig1]

Thanks crete, at least if I am sober there will be less dropped stitches in your jumper!!!

[crete]

warpig im expecting that jumper for xmas. been doing a couple of phone calls, you dont need to be sober to attend an A A meeting if you check their web site you will find a list of all meeting available in your area my friend says the first meeting you attend is the hardest but not to keep beating yourself up just admitting you have an issue with alcohol is the first step.she also said the support you will receive is tremendous and no one judges you as they have all been your situation.

[warpig1]

Thank you crete for making the phone calls, it is much appreciated, I will check out their website tomorrow, am off home now, need to get started on that jumper - any particular colour?

[crete]

i thought purple and yellow in plain and PEARL , g ps are a good place to seek advice . keep in contact .

[warpig1]

Lol, purple and yellow!!!!!! Thanks warpig ;-o)

[noxlumos]

Hello warpig, how's you?
You've done brilliantly well so far in admitting the problem, already you are re-empowering yourself which is what you will be continuing to do as you quit drinking to excess, which you can, and I'm sure WILL do.
AA is not anything I'm mad keen on personally although there are millions of people it has worked for as I don't subscribe to the idea that you have to abstain for life. I drank vats, but now can drink or not drink, it doesn't bother me really. I can even in isolation get drunk and then not feel the compulsion to drink again. I used a form of NLP to quit excessive drinking and addressed my many problems at the same time, so I had nothing to hide from.If you want to msn me I can go into far more detail or just look up NLP on google and you'll get the gist.
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You've done one of the hardest parts already, so don't be discouraged for any reason, you'll get there, it's just finding what will work best for you, which may well be AA, but there are alternatives as well.

[raysparx1]

Hi warpig, Hows it going ? hope you haven't given in and are still feeling positive, keep it going, Ray xx