You Can Stop Drinking Alcohol
I would like to present myself as Michael Roberts and Alcoholic for the previous 22 years of my life. I am in no way proud of this statement and realise now that I have wasted away 22 years of my life to alcohol and understand why people used to call me a loser.
I have just reached the grand age of 65 and have now been dry for the past 2 years. I really didn't have much of a choice as my doctor had been quite blunt with me one day and said "quit now or die". I don't suppose it took me very long to come to my senses and I made a decision.
I had been married before which produced 2 lovely children, although I hadn't seen them for around 16 years due to my own stupidity and selfishness. I realise that now of course and I still feel guilty, but the resulting truth is that if you want alcohol to be part of your life, there's no room for those who really love you as well.
When my wife left me and took our beautiful kids with her I was 46 and drinking everyday, she kept telling me to "go and sort my problems out or I'll leave and take the kids with me", and like always I thought I knew what was best, and I'd always tell her "I don't have a drinking problem". Well that day came and I must admit that was the worst day of my life.
It's difficult to put how I felt into words but I was devastated and my condition lead me to drinking more and more just so that I could forget the position I was in. I began to drink so much alcohol that even forgot about my wife and 2 lovely kids.
I was the grand old age of 62, when I got a knock on my front door one morning, and there was the young tall lad stood there, smelling of vodka from the night before I opened the door, and asked "can I help you son?", and to his reply he asked for me by my name and if so he was my son. Well at first I thought this was some kind of joke, and after a long chat and looking at some pictures he'd brought round I'd released this was my son who I hadn't seen for 16 years.
He was there to inform me of his forth coming wedding and put two very important questions to me. He was actually inviting me to his wedding but only under the condition that I would come alcohol free. I told him it would be an honour and that I would seek help immediately. The following day I went to the Doctors for help and that was when he told me that if I didn't give up Alcohol I would die, and I thanked him for his honesty.
I was beginning to really get down having tried almost everything there was to quit the stuff, when I was once again rescued by my son. He had found something new on the internet at stopdrinkingadvice.org which he kindly purchased for me. There were just 2 years to go to the wedding and amazingly enough this amazing book and audio helped me to quit drinking alcohol in just 6 months. I have never since had the inclination to drink alcohol.
It truly was an absolute nightmare but I hung in there and was determined not to let anything stop me from attending my son's wedding and I am so pleased I did as I am shortly going to be walking hand in hand down the aisle with my daughter.
So why have a I wrote this; One you are never too old in life to quit drinking or quit anything, and if a 63 year old can do it so can you. There are so many things in life which are far more important than having a drink as that's the easy option, so for once why don't you try the hard option...the reward's are far greater.
So just to sum up really I would like to pass on my advice to anyone who feels they have something in common with my life. I managed and so can you but I must emphasise that it was stopdrinkingadvice.org that made all the difference in my battle with alcohol. I really wish you luck on your journey and I hope you find your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow like I did.
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