Alcoholism
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I’ve decided to give Sober October a go because I definitely have an addiction to alcohol but not what I consider an alcoholic.
And omg, going cold turkey is bloody hard. I’ve gone 15 days and It feels so much loooonger!!
And I didn’t realise how much I used alcohol as a de-stresser!
My period is 9 days late and I’m putting it down to being stressed so I’m just wondering if anyone’s been in the same as me? And how other people distressed without alcohol?
And omg, going cold turkey is bloody hard. I’ve gone 15 days and It feels so much loooonger!!
And I didn’t realise how much I used alcohol as a de-stresser!
My period is 9 days late and I’m putting it down to being stressed so I’m just wondering if anyone’s been in the same as me? And how other people distressed without alcohol?
My brother (late 40s) is an alcoholic. He hasn’t worked for 25 years hugely enabled by our parents.
Parents gone now. So has the money he relies on from them.
He lies, has stolen from me and has now called my adult daughter for money which she gave.
He will not help himself.
He doesn’t want to change just for us to carry on doling out cash like my parents did.
I hate him. I could knock him out for asking my daughter for money.
We used to be so close.
To be truthful I just want him to die now.
I cannot go on with him. My nightmare is to see him begging in our town? He had everything.
He was always the favourite, had it all and wasted it.
Parents gone now. So has the money he relies on from them.
He lies, has stolen from me and has now called my adult daughter for money which she gave.
He will not help himself.
He doesn’t want to change just for us to carry on doling out cash like my parents did.
I hate him. I could knock him out for asking my daughter for money.
We used to be so close.
To be truthful I just want him to die now.
I cannot go on with him. My nightmare is to see him begging in our town? He had everything.
He was always the favourite, had it all and wasted it.
My dad died this year after downing a bottle of vodka too quickly and posioning himself. I didn't think he was an alcoholic as he could have months of sobriety but then would drink for a week straight, and im still not sure, was it a coping mechanism for MH crisis 
but all your stories resonate with me. We used to hunt the house with mum looking for bottles as kids. Sometimes I'd come home from school and he'd be in a pool of blood from having a fall, or I'd be walking home and find him slumped on the pavement or stumbling home after downing vodka or frosty Jack's. The longest he'd been sober was about 4 years. I miss him so much but its also a relief not to be worrying about him all the time. Xx
but all your stories resonate with me. We used to hunt the house with mum looking for bottles as kids. Sometimes I'd come home from school and he'd be in a pool of blood from having a fall, or I'd be walking home and find him slumped on the pavement or stumbling home after downing vodka or frosty Jack's. The longest he'd been sober was about 4 years. I miss him so much but its also a relief not to be worrying about him all the time. XxIt’s the selfishness at times that gets me?
our father had a stroke which my brother missed. So our father is in a nursing home now.
I have power of attorney and have to do everything. If I ask my brother to do basic things like answer the phone he says “addicts are unreliable”.
he has admitted using food banks, being sanctioned on his benefits because he won’t work, hasn’t got a washing machine or fridge but apparently this still isn’t rock bottom? If this isn’t rock bottom what will be?
our father had a stroke which my brother missed. So our father is in a nursing home now.
I have power of attorney and have to do everything. If I ask my brother to do basic things like answer the phone he says “addicts are unreliable”.
he has admitted using food banks, being sanctioned on his benefits because he won’t work, hasn’t got a washing machine or fridge but apparently this still isn’t rock bottom? If this isn’t rock bottom what will be?