Had 67 jobs. I had tried alcohol here and there as a child. My mother never drank and my father did, rarely. The first time I realized what alcohol could do for me, I was 12. It was at my father’s second wedding and I did not want to be there. I was very unhappy […]

Hiding from my life in a bottle. Thanks for adding this site so that we may share our experience, strength and hope. My story is that I spent the better part of seven years hiding from my life in a bottle. As I went deeper into the deadly disease of alcoholism, I lost more contact

My Name is Bill L. My name is Bill L. and I am an alcoholic. I took my first drink at the age of 13 and continued to drink and progress in the disease of alcoholism until I was 42. I now have a little over 9 1/2 years of sobriety (thanks to the program

She is a sloppy drunk. I’m a recovering alcoholic. And I am going through a very frustrating time with my twin sister who is an active alcoholic. We are both thirty years old and both drank from the time we moved out of our home at 16. The only difference between her and I was

Sharing our Pain. Thank you for asking me to contribute. I am more than happy to share my story, and to be a part of spreading the word about alcoholism, and the solutions. For me, it was and IS Alcoholics Anonymous. You are free to either post my links or copy my stories to your

Death certificates. Alcoholism has a long arm in my family, going back at least as far as my grandfather who was born more than a century ago. Of his nine children, all either were alcoholics or married alcoholics except one, who was epileptic and committed suicide in prison at the age of 36. I read

Took my daughters life My husband is what they call a functioning alcoholic. He has never drank during work . He goes to the bar after work and we see the results. He isn’t a mean drunk or hateful, which makes it even harder to make him realize what he is doing is wrong. In

Dear “Alcoholism Kills”, I well remember the first symptom I had that led me to think I had a serious drinking problem. Back in 1972 (I drank alcoholically for 26 more years) I was in the Pa. National Guard, and we were called up to help clean up Harrisburg after Hurricane Agnes. After several straight

Still drinking after all these years I know that I am in the late stages of chronic alcoholism and still practice using alcohol. I know what I have done to my family and I know what I have done to myself. This illness is more powerful than I am. I really want to stop this

Dry for a week, and back on the booze again. My name is Remco, I’m 26 years old and I’ve stopped drinking 2 weeks ago, I had been drinking for over four years. I live in Holland, I’ve got a friend, I’m gay, and he didn’t know anything about my drinking problem. In November 1998