Alcoholic / myLot

celticeagle @celticeagle (189880) • Boise, Idaho 14 Jan 23

The famous writer had such a sad life and died young. He was born in 1809. His mother and father died within a few days of each other although not together at the time. He was adopted out and his adoptive name was Allan. When he...

poe

the raven

alcoholic

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9 people

Mistyck Moon @MistyckMoon (935) • United States 8 Dec 22

It has been quite a while since I have been on MyLot. I have experienced a lot of trauma. I'm coming up on the 1 year anniversary of how I lost everything in an apartment fire. I'm settled in a new apt but alcohol had taken over...

alcoholic

sobriety

journey

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2 people

Nevena Zivkovic @Nevena83 (66063) • Serbia 25 Nov 18

Dear friends, good day. I had a conflict with my father last night. It was one nasty conflict, it's not the first time. My father is an alcoholic, and his fights are everyday. As a child, I was very attached to him, my mother was...

alcoholic

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34 people

Rasel @Diamond55 (116) 4 Dec 17

I have a friend and her family uses her for money constantly. Her step dad drinks everyday he does not work, and he demands a bottle of whiskey everyday and call her everyday when he is the bar for her to pick him up which she...

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4 people

sonusd @sonusd (1545) • India 12 Nov 17

I am a Good Human being, I do not hurt any one, but now I have become a drunker, It has now become a habit to drink everyday, although I know that Due to heavy drinking I am loosing my health, some time stomach problem, loosing my...

drinking habits

alcoholic

health deteriorate

The Invisible Man @TheInvisibleMan (17594) 15 May 17

I think of all the alcoholic drinks nowadays (at least among the ones I know ), whiskey is that it has the most accurate taste. This for those who don't like to drink is lousy, so... Whiskey for me is a very rare...

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13 people

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 23 Feb 17

I have never had a problem with alcohol. I do not aim to set myself as better than those who have struggled, as I do have my own issues with over eating, over spending, self doubt and worry. But my issues aren't with alcohol. I...

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6 people

angel_smiles @Lolaze (5092) • St. Louis, Missouri 2 May 16

My mom always denied my dad was an alcoholic when I was a kid. I was about 12 when I started realizing there was something different with my family than my friend's families. None of them ever mentioned their dad's going to the...

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4 people

Digital Nomad @VinayaG (550) • Kathmandu, Nepal 16 Feb 16

I have an uncle who is alcoholic. He has been to rehabilitation center.After staying 30 days, he came out sober, but just in a week he again went back to alcoholism. He also has clinical depression and diabetes. Alcohol is making...

alcoholism

alcoholic

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celticeagle @celticeagle (189880) • Boise, Idaho 16 Nov 15

The Kind Hearted Woman, about a Native American woman living in North Dakota. It was on PBS. She had become a alcoholic and lost her kids(boy and girl). They went to live with their bio dad who was abusive sexually to the girl....

native american

kind hearted

alcoholic

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k sridharprasad @yugasini (12892) • Secunderabad, India 16 Aug 15

Regularly I will consume beer or any alcoholic drinks weekly twice while I am in India. It is not possible to me to find a price of beer tin and it is not possible to me to consume in my home. Once I entered in bar that looks like...

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2 people

Shailja Shukla @Shailja_19 (2) • Gurgaon, India 4 Sep 14

Are you particularly drawn to certain activity or substance and seeking out situations where the substance or activity is present? Does your serious attempt to give up something was unsuccessful? Are you unable to focus on one...

Shailja Shukla @Shailja_19 (2) • Gurgaon, India 4 Sep 14

Are you particularly drawn to certain activity or substance and seeking out situations where the substance or activity is present? Does your serious attempt to give up something was unsuccessful? Are you unable to focus on one...

warmweatherwoman @warmweatherwoman (2233) • Atlantic City, New Jersey 14 Apr 13

I am writing this not only for myself but for those that may not know what their addictions do to those around them. For those of you who may not know...let me tell you a little story. I was born and raised by an alcoholic...

addiction

life

parenting

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1 person

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 2 Feb 13

I saw a short comment on TV in which a reforming alcoholic who has not drunk in 24 years asked whether his acceptance of Communion wine is compromising his sobriety. If the wine becomes the Blood of Christ then presumably he's OK....

blood

wine

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brooke1822 @brooke1822 (63) 13 Aug 12

Growing up in an alcoholic environment, I had no idea just how unclearly i viewed the world around me. I did what I had always done just as my parents and thier parents before them had done. There didn't seem to be any alterative...

denial

1 response

Garavegeta @garavegeta (963) • Kochi, India 27 Jun 12

People get addicted to alcohol.But why do they drink it for the first time? My friends say that it helps them forget all the bad things happening in their life.But when I ask,what are those bad things,they go mute.They are not...

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2 people

celticeagle @celticeagle (189880) • Boise, Idaho 19 Jun 12

I heard on the news yesterday that getting gastric bypass surgery makes alcohol metabolized by the body much more quickly.And it is actually 40% more probable that a person will become an alcoholic after having this surgery than...

alcoholic

gastric bypass surgery

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3 people

se7enthbird @se7enthbird (8307) • Philippines 6 Dec 11

i was watching something on tv about intervention. it was in japanese language translated but from the characters i can tell that it is in english language originally. this lady since she can not but any beers or any thing that...

alcoholic

intervention

mouthwash

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3 people

befrindwithme26 @befrindwithme26 (5805) • Philippines 4 Nov 11

How many alcoholic people do good?And how many alcoholic people kills some close friends,family,relatives and etc?Even you see in tv,magazines ,readio reported that people are bad doing because of being alcoholic and abused. The...

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2 people