Bipolars dealing with Alcoholism Group

I appreciate all your support thus far. I will still read posts in this group and use them as motivation to better myself and get myself out of this drinking pattern.

Thanks all!

Also try to attend AA meetings. Members don't bite, and newcomers are met very warmly as we have all been newcomers once.

If you limit your posts, you are doing yourself and the group a disservice.

This group is open to EVERYBODY. Drinking and sober individuals alike. This group is also open to using drug addicts, as alcohol was usually a gateway drug for them.

One of the things I feel delayed my ability to quit drinking earlier was the lack of a safe place to talk about my thoughts and feelings about quitting drinking while I was drinking. Most people experience a great deal of ambivalence about stopping their drinking. Not wanting to quit drinking while exploring the idea is normal; what you are going through is normal.

Research shows there are stages to quitting drinking. Among those stages are the pre-contemplation and the contemplation stages. You may be in one of those stages. Participation in the group and freedom to talk about your drinking is very important in these stages.

As a group leader, I feel strongly that we need to make people at ALL STAGES of their drinking feel welcome to participate. I hope you will re-consider your position on this issue. You are welcome to post at any time.

You have my support no matter where you are with your drinking. I think what it takes to quit drinking is the willingness to keep coming back. That is, the willingness to keep coming back for help. If you have that, in time, everything else will come.

So, skeptical, I invite you to keep coming back.