Oh, I just thought it was short for Alcoholics Anonymous. I stand corrected... again. Sigh.

>I attended AlAnon for a year. It is for family and friends of alcoholics.
>
>
>>I don't know how you've been trying to handle it so far - sheer will power, it sounds like. If so, that's a tough way to go. Al suggested psychiatry, and maybe that's not such a bad idea. Maybe AlAnon is just not for you. I've never believed in the one size fits all way of doing just about anything at all, and most especially not something like that. Maybe you need to get professional help to find out why you are drinking in the first place. Hopefully once you understand where it comes from, then you can really do something about it.
>>
>>Again, good luck, but you gotta do it.
>>
>>>More than AA? This probably sounds odd to say but that gave me a smile. Going to AA meetings, just the thought of it, is an inner circle of hell to me. Horrible! A bunch of people sitting in some dingy church basement complaining about how screwed up alcohol makes them. Oh, and the God trip to go with it. This is going to be REAL fun.
>>>
>>>But I am going to go. Because what I've been doing hasn't been working.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hate to hear that Mike. I agree with Al D. You need more than AA. At least you admit you have a problem, so get out and do something about it. No good saying "I won't accept help". Bite the bullet Mike. Your kids need you and we here don't want to lose you either. There has to be a reason for this. Get that help and find out what it is.
>>>>
>>>>Good luck guy.
>>>>
>>>>>I have been fired from my job.
>>>>>
>>>>>The reason is my drinking problem has come back with a vengeance. I can't explain why. I missed last Thursday and Friday and then again today due to drinking. It's a really rotten problem to have. My boss said I am the best programmer he has ever seen but they can't go on like this. I can't blame him.
>>>>>
>>>>>The girls don't know yet. They are going to be very disappointed. Moving here has been the biggest decision they have made in their young lives. And now they are going to be worried. S**t! I have let them down.
>>>>>
>>>>>Mike