I need to get my drinking under control.

hope all goes well for you

Man thats rough.. I'm sorry to hear it. You ever consider AA?

I would concider it but I dont like the whole religious thing that goes with it.

Im thinking about Naltrexone - its meant to be very good.

Don't give up today, it's Cinco De Mayo! You want salt, no salt? on the rocks or frozen for that margi??? lol

Best wishes to you mate. It's a hard road for the first few days, then weeks, and few months. By the time you get to the 4-6 month you are not thinking about it daily. By the time you get to 9 months. All the alcohol should be out of your system (tissue, muscles, etc). Then things level off. Depending on how long you've been drinking.

Hope you can get that under control so you can maintain..

if you have the willpower you don't need AA, go see a doctor, he'll give you the best advice IMO

One of my neighbours was drunk for years and years, went to jail twice for beating his wife, decided to give up, went to a hospital for two weeks or so, never had a drop since.

LOL nice thread... goodluck to you

Good luck.

good luck
you can make it, if you really want it!!!

Bump - Im going to need some help - I have spent the day sorting out other peoples problems back in NZ and I cant burden them with my shit. So you bastads are going to get it.

Just be grateful Im not giving up smoking (

Damn.. that sounds like our office... we usually wait til about 3 though..

take control

goodluck to you

....sorry to hear that!! it's all sad news today!!

good luck man

good luck Damian.

Speaking from the point of someone who has done it--bullshit.

I tried cutting back, I tried switching from beer to vodka or the other way around, or just drink wine, or just drink on weekends, or only drink after work, or only drink at bars, or move to a new place, or got a new job.
Nothing worked.
Willpower did not work. Willpower has never worked, for anybody with an addiction. You might be able to white-knuckle it for a while based on willpower but then you are a messed up dry alcoholic.
I am not religious. AA is not supposed to be religious, although some groups tend to get too much into the god shit. If you are in London, there are athiest/non-religious AA meetings.
If you are pissed at 11 AM every day, not working, not socializing, you have a problem. I realized I had a problem when I got arrested for the 4th time for drunk driving, passed all the physical stupid human tricks--walk and turn crap but then blew a .33. That is tolerance that only can be built by years of heavy drinking!
I am not going to wish you good luck. Luck is not part of getting sober. You have to want it. If you want it, you will first admit you have a problem. Then you will try a couple of AA meetings or maybe a treatment center. Doctors that have never had their own addiction really cannot relate well, seek a counselor that has recovered and you will get better advice. Any advice that is easy to do is probably not going to work--kind of like weight loss. There is no magic pill to take. You have a tough road in front of you.
I have been sober since February 22, 1999.