Just had my first AA meeting today, what helped you guys keep the bottle down?

just had my first AA meeting today, what helped you guys keep the bottle down?
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You're in AA but you want to discuss your favorite drinks?

sure, why not?
Im just drinking what i have left and starting fresh tomorrow.

depression

Been keeping the bottle UP for 20 yrs by now. Do you cry at your meetings`?

this was my first one, kinda just sat and listened for most of it. But no, i dont cry in front of people

Hi user, Im 25 and I've been in and out of AA/12 step shit since I was 18. I dont drink at all anymore. I will tell you that you will never find people who understand you more than in the rooms. My girlfriend is a normie and while she doesn't drink she does NOT understand how my brain works and the overpowering compulsions. Its frustrating at times. Let me know if there's anything you wanna know...

i'm going to AA soon. broke my fucking ankle walking home blackout drunk from the bar. don't know if i tripped or got hit by a car or what. sick of this shit. always drink to oblivion every time, can't control myself at all. i just wish they'd legalize weed so i could walk to the corner store and get a bag, and never have a drink again. fuck. fucking god damn fuck

im 23 and been drinking daily for the last 2 years, threw up blood before and still hasnt stopped me. I kinda just use it as a quick fix for everything, whether it just be boredom or stress. The longest i went sober was about 10 days last month and then i just start right back up again. I get it just takes willpower, but was there any thing you did to fight the urges to want to drink again?

yeah, what kind of made me think i should go is my girlfriend finding me slumped over in my car, barely looking like i was breathing and having her mom have to help me up the stairs. So it was pretty embarrising, and on top of it it affects my school and work, been through about 6 jobs in the last year cause i keep drinking myself to the point where i dont care about anything.

i wish i had anyone in my life that gave enough of a shit about me to even notice. you've got it good man, don't throw it away.
how much does AA cost

its free, but yeah, i know she is getting sick of it too, and it affects our relationship because i know she doesnt want to be with an alcoholic and i know her mom doesnt want her to marry one.

I completely understand. Im gonna shoot straight with you on this. I have "gotten" sober 5 - 6 times and 5 of those times I went to a rehab. My parents spent all my college tuition on rehabs because they were worried I was gonna die otherwise. This last time though I drank for around 3 months, and did other things, before waking up one day and realizing I really was gonna kill myself or die if I kept it up. That biggest thing I can reccomend is going to a meeting every single day. if you can afford rehab do that. If not than go to a meeting every day. You'll think about drinking every second... then every five minutes... then every hour... and then slowly over time you'll realize that you've made real friends in the rooms and have a connection with a "higher power" and that, hell, you dont know if life was ever this good.
Long story short - meeting every day, GET A SPONSER and call that fucker every time you wanna drink. You've programmed your mind to convince itself its ok to drink under the lightest of stresses. You need to work hard to combat that now...

I know it sounds dumb but you need a hobby. Like you said it was usually boredom that drove me to drink.

AA is a religous cult. Alcohol is actually the solution to everything. The powers that be don't want you to know that though. They want you to be a productive slave in the hell on earth they've created for us rather than escape the reality of our hell with hard liquor. AA is government mind control.

im gonna try to. thanks for the advice man.

idk, i can tell its ruining my life pretty fast so id rather get sober.

Dont listen to that cuck, AA is a practical program. Yeah they have Christain groups or Buddhist groups any type of theme you can think of. The SOLE purpose of AA and 12 step programs are to help you stop abusing substances. No mind control

My mom is an angry and violent drunk, seeing the way she acts when she drinks made me despise liquor.

I’ve been on probation for DUI for 15 months, three more to go. At this point it’s not even punishment anymore - it’s not making me reflect on what I did, or feel guilt or remorse, it’s just mundane routine. I’m completely numb to the whole thing.
I don’t even care about alcohol. Would’ve be nice to catch a buzz on Labor Day or last Christmas, shit like that, but in general I couldn’t give less of a fuck. It’s being able to smoke weed or pop an adderall if I want, shit like that I want back. Alcohol is boring I hardly miss it at all.

>what helped you guys keep the bottle down?
got a laborious job, felt like absolute shit at work when i drank, stopped due to that

I’d rather murder the person who drove me to drinking than be a drunk. If they are already dead - celebrate it by digging them up and shitting on them. Not hard.

If it is a situation, I’d leave, change, move to Tibet, whatever. I’d rather change my situation than be a drunk that has the impulse control of a fucking ghetto ape. I mean honestly, if you really aren’t better than that - kill yourself.
But good luck and best wishes from key west bitches.