Lie_low
10-06-2008, 07:11 AM
To begin with, I never drank at all before I was 21, and only occasionally, until about two years ago. Since that time it seems to have gotten out of control. I quickly began drinking everyday, and the amount that I drink each day has gradually increased to the point that I know that if I continue to do this I will have health problems later in life. I have also noticed that drinking impairs my judgment regarding self-injury. Sometimes I wake up after a night drinking and I am not sure if I have self-injured the night before until I look at my body and see what I have done…and then I worry (reasonably so) that I did not clean up after myself like I normally would and that others will find out about it.
I am considering going to an AA meeting but I don’t know if that is something that would help me. I drink alone, and I am able to keep up my responsibilities at work, school, and personal life, so it hasn’t really affected my relationships. I am single with no kids, so I have few responsibilities.
No one has suggested that I have a problem or that I need to stop, so I don’t really know if I am overreacting. I get the sense that my family would rather see me drink than to use self-injury to cope with things. They don’t know that I am still self-injuring. I don’t think that I should wait until someone tells me I have a problem to get help.
I am considering going to an AA meeting but I don’t know if that is something that would help me. I drink alone, and I am able to keep up my responsibilities at work, school, and personal life, so it hasn’t really affected my relationships. I am single with no kids, so I have few responsibilities.
No one has suggested that I have a problem or that I need to stop, so I don’t really know if I am overreacting. I get the sense that my family would rather see me drink than to use self-injury to cope with things. They don’t know that I am still self-injuring. I don’t think that I should wait until someone tells me I have a problem to get help.