Not a Hopeless Case: Quitting Alcohol
Yaritza
Garcia
Copyright 2011 by Yaritza Garcia
Smashwords
Edition
The following is my personal experience
with alcohol and
sobriety.
I’ve written this very short book
in hopes
that anyone who reads it might find some
help,
comfort, and motivation
on their way to sobriety.
This
book is for
YOU,
the person whose life has been
affected
enough by
alcohol
to have found and opened this
book.
Introduction
I was never a hopeless case. I was never a junkie, or mistreated as a child. I grew up in a decent two-parent household, with an older sister, and usually a cat or a dog. I spent plenty of time with cousins and peers. I went to a good school, always had a roof over my head and food on my plate. I didn’t drink when I was a teenager. Actually, I didn’t start drinking until I was well over twenty one.
So why do I have thousands of dollars in medical bills for alcohol poisoning? Why do I have so many lost friends and psychiatric visits under my belt? Why the hell did alcohol grab me so quickly and so strongly? Why was I the one who never had enough?
Despite the reasons why (and all of us have plenty), I was enamored with alcohol within the span of a year. It was a love that grew bigger and into an obsession. I planned my life around drinking binges and hangovers. At one point in my life, seeing the sun was a rare occasion.
But even then, I was not a hopeless case.
Nobody who wants to quit drinking is a hopeless case.
Part
I
What’s
Done Is Done
I’m not proud of the things I’ve done. A lot of times I’m downright embarrassed and feel stupid about it all. But, I can’t let it hinder my future. One of the things I’ve had to come to terms with is that, what’s done is done. There’s no way I can go back and change the past, no matter how much I want to. Those friends I’ve lost may never be recovered. My boyfriend will always have those negative memories of me: kicking and screaming, breaking things, the 911 calls.