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03/16/2012 08:32 PM
Calicaro3
 
Posts: 3
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Hi,i'm new to this group but i'm defiantly not new to alcoholism. I have been battling this disease for many years. But I am proud to say I'm 3 yrs sober. I smelled beer on a friend this afternoon, and it was very difficult to just walk away, but I did it! Smile It works if you work it.
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03/16/2012 10:48 PM  Top
LunaNoir
LunaNoirPosts: 22
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Hi Calicaro! Congrats on being 3 years sober, I'm sure many of us here (myself definitely included) look forward to being able to say that.

03/17/2012 04:40 PM  Top
ruth8890
ruth8890
 
Posts: 1158
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Hi Calicaro! I just joined in Jan 2012 as I have Cirrhosis from drinking (I'm 49). Welcome!! Congrats and tell us more about that day 3 years ago! I quit when I was diagnosed - Last drink 9-15-11. No desire or cravings anymore. Smoking is next but after my Liver Transplant Evaluation Match 25th. How's your liver...better question...any recent labs and is your liver okay? Ru
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03/17/2012 05:29 PM  Top
Bangbang
Bangbang
 
Posts: 6073
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Congrats on the 3 years. I have 6 1/2 years and feel great for it. I never thought I could be happy without booze. I damn near killed myself with drugs and drinking at the same time. I have an alcohol induced cardiomyopathy(weak heart). I was told that I had a short time to live and it was still difficult for me to make a decision. However I chose life and am grateful that I got the help I needed from my Pdoc,therapist,AA,and my family.
You are not drunk unless you have to hang on while lying on the floor.

03/17/2012 06:35 PM  Top
1morningdove
Posts: 2
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Im new here tonight, massive problem I'm trying to deal with, with my husband who has been very sick (atrophic pancreas and cirrhosis) for years and cannot(or won't) quit drinking. This is to the point of assult with domestic violence, and 1 wk later violated his probation. Numerous fights, numerous surgeries...won't go into all the gorry details right now, but he can't be left alone, cannot drive or manage bills or anything in life anymore, and I cannot stand it any longer. We're too damn old for this game to continue. He was hospitalized again last weekend, (at least 100 hospitalizations and detox over the past 18 yrs.) Last weekend his alcohol level was 357, sent him home in less than 24 hrs, and is as bad as ever and he will take anything he can get his hands on with about a case of beer a day. I am wondering, why his liver enzymes were normal if in fact the surgeons who have done several abd surgeries,and said they seen the liver damage, plus his biopsy showed cirrhosis several years ago, why his numbers were within normal range? I will be hunting Alanon meetings to go to for myself, but nothing helps when they demand more to drink, at any cost. and yes, he knows it will eventually kill him and doesn't care about anything.

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03/17/2012 07:08 PM  Top
Bangbang
Bangbang
 
Posts: 6073
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Alanon meetings can help alot.
You are not drunk unless you have to hang on while lying on the floor.

03/19/2012 07:48 AM  Top
Morrigan
MorriganPosts: 88
Member

If he is hurting you, please seek help from a womens shelter or something. It will only get worse and you don't need to be his momma. Please seek help with that.

03/19/2012 09:12 AM  Top
1morningdove
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