Welcome to the alcohol dependence group: Share your experience!

Hi Marina and all other members of this group. 

I am John, a recovering alcoholic with a little bit of sobriety behind me now. I have some difficulty getting to AA meetings as I spend a lot of time at home looking after my partner who has ME. So, I thought I would join this group and contribute what I can, when I can. 

Kind regards

John

Hi there,

I am Brian, and i am in recovery from alcohol dependency / addiction after being given 6 - 12 months life expectency back in March 2005 if i continued to drink.

I went into alcohol detox on 30th June 2005 and have not had any alcohol since, which is now over 10 x years.

I now support others struggling and wishing to stop drinking alcohol, as well as support those who are in recovery and struggling with day to day challenges.

I have now set up a small charity to help others

hi ,my name is kim , my husband is a functioning alcholic,has been for many years , i didn't realise when i married him , been with him 12 years now, i feel very isolated with him , and never go out apart to work , he gets drunk ,and then picks on me,for the slightest thing ,and lately neaing 50im finding it hard to cope ,ive been to alanon, i find its no good for me, i dont tell anyone,as i have no one to tell, just not sure what to do ,any advise is better then nothing , he is becoming more and more violent , as in throwing things and aggressive to me for up to 3 hours , i sit there listening to hs drunken rants about rubbish , then in the morning i get sorry , allday long , he is driving me mad at times, 

Hi all, I hope it's ok that I comment on this now. I've been an alcoholic for several decades now and i've been through quite a few periods of sobriety only to fall off the wagon again. I went through a programme around 8 years ago that really helped and I've been sober ever since, which is a good thing because I also have psoriatic arthritis and the drinking was terrible for inflammation. Sometimes I wonder if my addiction brought on the PA.