Been drinking heavy for about 6 years now. Since around 16-17 , I started casual drinking with and that started to escalate more and more until I realized I was drinking in the morning, day, night and do it all over again. I would try to take a couple days off or 2 weeks but I could never really get past the 2 weeks. Fast forward to know, I have a girlfriend, just graduated all while working 40 hours a week and being an alcoholic. Nothing to be proud of with that really cause I probably could’ve saved money if I wasn’t drinking so much and failing some classes but, it was somewhat of my coping mechanism. To celebrate, I was going to my friends bachelors party and we drank the whole weekend. I was decent Monday night then felt sick to my stomach, nauseous, and simply miserable. Even if I wanted to, which I did, I could drink or eat for that matter. Only thing that was staying down completely is water.So it has been around 30 hours sober and finally a couple meals in since celebrating my friends bachelor party and this has kind of forced me into having to take a break from drinking. I told my girlfriend that I joined a group and said shes proud of me for slowing down at least. I love her to death… I wanna be there for her in the future.

So here i am just kind of telling my story and just asking for support and possibly any advice. I’ve done research but I figured it wouldn’t hurt talking to those who are still fighting to stay sober, those who are starting their journey, or those who actually learned how to manage it.