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Hi guys Back in 2003-2005 I was a regular poster on NSC, but sadly have lapsed in recent years. I had so much support from people on here during those dark years, and am still in regular touch with a few on Facebook. Life is still a battle, but have cracked the demon alcohol, at least today...

The post earlier today by the guy who admits to having serious alcohol and coke problems tweaked my concience to resurrect my thread from five and six years ago. So how has it gone and is there a way forward? First of all AA worked for me in the short term and it really got me off the road to...

Many thanks to everyone Hey Lush wanna buy a guitar??? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7350731662&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 :lolol: :lolol: :lolol: x

In all honesty I don't know (as I don't know you), but alcoholism is a progressive condition (like most addictions, including smoking). I began the real decline when I was about 32ish - it started with a bottle of whisky for the weekend and a half bottle of wine a night and progressed. I agree...

I think that's spot on ... there are mixed views as to whether alcoholics are born with the addiction or simply become an alcohol addict through circumstance. Judging by my friends at AA, most of us have addictive personalities and can trace our problem back to mid or even early teens. My...

Chappers I once drank a double of meths ... but wouldn't recommend it .... most real alccies gravitate to VERY cheap Kwik Save or Asda cider or vodka.... but I really don't think it works! At my worst I could drink three bottles of wine a night and still feel sober! It was usually the bottle of...

Let the anniversary pass almost unnoticed last week, but got a couple of emails from NSCers this week asking how it's going? So after all the support and help I received from people on here thought I would update you all... I have been dry for a whole year now (bar a minor lapse at Christmas...

Cheers guys ... best night yet last night with no obvious withdrawal symptoms ... just a feeling of slight hyperactivity .... but as one of the guys at AA explained: "Your body has to get used to functioning without alcohol" The biggest bonus at the moment is waking with a clear head and...

My first AA meeting. Good God I was so shit scared. I walked past the door of the church hall where it was held at least four times. Even began walking home. Then took a huge breath and rang the bell. I was shown down to a spacious and well lit room …. full of …… ordinary people!!! A couple of...

Off to watch the cricket. Thanks for all the support. Truly terrified about AA tonight .... wondering if it gonna be full of guys from park benches!!!! :bhasign: :ascarf: :ascarf: :falmer:

:lolol: :lolol: :lolol: Unfortunately there are few hedgerows round here! And no sign of Cheggers either!

My mum is getting more and more interesting as she gets older. My dad has always had a drink problem, but in recent years my mum hides all the drink and rations him to two glasses a day! He is now 75 and with failing health she sometimes relents. His twin brother Geoff killed himself on drink in...

Yeah! We had the gay guy, the blind woman who loved cricket, the alcy. And they fed us on boiled rice to remind us that is what half the world survives on! I have said a few prayers myself. The night before I came clean with Mrs OTLW I thought it would be my last night alive. But I believe God...

I think the first part of what you wrote is spot on. Something happens and I need a drink. Nothing happens, but I still need a drink. I love fine wine and used to be very selective about what I drank. But in recent years I have drunk whatever was around: rum (used to hate the stuff) sherry...

Safeway ... I know you get some flak on here, but I really have grown to like you. Think you are great guy. Thanks! And thanks to everyone else!!!

I don't know the answer to that. I would love to be able to have a few drinks with mates or over dinner, go to bed and wake up with a simple hangover. I think my analysis is that I then have to do the same the next night, and the next and the next. I have driven home from work night and after...

Caz ... so so sorry for you. Thanks also for your sentiment.

Thanks .... Odd how we create our own web in our lives where everything becomes intertwined. I think I initially started drinking chronically (though must admit have always druk too much since the age of 17!) when Tanya’s mum ceased all contact with me in 1990. The irony is that Tan and I...

Brovian may remember this, but many many years ago when we were at Boundstone, we would have the odd residential weekend at Lodge Hill. One such weekend was addressed by a blind person and an old guy who was an alcoholic. I remember he wore a trilby with fish flies hooked in it. He said he wore...

As with Tanya and Cardiff ... it is often easier to come clean on things anonymously to most folk whom I have never met. Took me years to admit it to myself and almost 4 years to tell Mrs OTLW. And, no, it's no wind-up! Just curious how something as few glasses of wine can over time ruin so much.