Thanks smithy, 

Your kind words are really very much appreciated, its nice to know your not alone and that other people are going through similar things, and its just nice to be able to be honest about things.

Ive had enough of acting like an idiot, and spoiling evenings because I always have to have one more, and then end up becoming more aquantied with the bathroom floor. I have never in all my years had memory blocks and this has now happened several times over what has been a very difficult time for about a month.

As I said I am so lucky to have found this site, Its just what I needed and whilst watching TV I was thinking a glass of wine would be nice, not having cravings just a “that would be nice” as I had my laptop out I thought maybe I would have a quick look in case someone had written back and seeing your message suddenly made me feel more confident!

Ive also been reading your stories and it sounds like you have been doing fabulous, you must be so proud of yourself  and it looks like you have been helping a lot of other people during your journey.

Good luck to you, and im sure we will bump into each other on here again soon J 

Hello everyone 

I’m a 30 something lady who has recently developed a problem with binge drinking, I have done some stupid stupid things due to alcohol and at times I have made a total idiot out of myself in the process, or put myself in stupid situations.

its now starting to destroy my life, and I need to get the binging under control before I lose myself completely. I am able to share a social bottle of wine on occasions, but if I am out and about I will get totally carried away – I shock myself how much I had started to drink and when I started to lie about my consumption because I knew in my heart I was drinking too much, I knew I had to do something.

I would like to get to the point where I can not drink for a week or two and not really think about it as a problem or that I am missing out. I want to go back to how it used to be, which was pleasurable with no feeling of guilt.

I feel very lucky to have stumbled on this site as it seems everyone is very supportive of each other! Today is my first day drink free, im not sure how long I should not drink for, something I am still deciding I think a month is a good amount of time to start with. The most ive managed in a very long time is one day, so I guess it’s a big challenge.