Re: Am I Considered An Alcoholic?

When I came into AA, I honestly believed I was one of a kind, and my
brilliant plan was to lighten up for maybe a month, get my health
back, a decent job, maybe even shoot the lock off my wallet for a
haircut.
Pretty soon I got so tired of listening to other people tell my story,
that it finally got thru my soggy brain, or what was left of it, that
my problem was simple: "I'm a common drunk". You can't believe what a
load off my mind that was. I even stopped drinking. Good luck: Bob H.
On Feb 10, 8:46 pm, efed29 <efe...@gmail.com> wrote:.
> Hi all!  My name is Erica and I am wondering if I was an alcoholic.
> My father committed suicide in 2001 and for four years I drank
> everyday.  I wasn't one of those people who had to have a drink.  I
> just needed an escape from my pain.  My problem was that once I had
> one drink, I could not stop until I was blacked out or passed out.
> Sometimes even a blackout wouldn't get me to stop.  I had horrible
> fights with loved ones and bar tenders over cutting me off.  I used to
> drive drunk on a regular basis, but I was never in an accident.
> The reason I am writing in the past sense is because I had a turning
> point in my life on Memorial Day 2006.  I had a seven month old son
> who saved my life.  That night I tried to stay away from the alcohol
> at my brothers party, but when the sun started to set and the bonfire
> was blazing, I had a drink.  That was it.  It's almost like I lose
> control.  I can't make myself stop.  Anyway, that night I decided that
> I needed more cigarettes so I stole my brothers truck while he was
> asleep.  I don't know where I went, how I got there, or how I got back
> to my brother's house.  I am not familiar with the area.  As I started
> to sober up I realized what could have happened to me and that my son
> wouldn't have a mother.  That was the day I turned my life around and
> have not had even a sip for almost three years.  I can't even have
> NyQuil without wanting to throw up.  The smell of any alcohol makes me
> sick now.
> So, you be the judge.  Am I an alcoholic, binge drinker, or poser?  Is
> there a name for the type of alcoholism my family and I believe that I
> suffer from?

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