Shananaaah
17-05-2009, 20:55
Hello all,
My sister hasn't had a drink in about 6 years - she felt she was drinking far too much and managed to stop on her own, changed her career to Personal Training and basically cleaned up her life.
Unfortunately she has had some really bad stuff happening in her life over the past 12 to 18 months, and the latest thing that happened yesterday made her feel like she just wanted to go to the bottle shop and get drunk. She didn't, but she wanted to.
I suggested she contact AA, but I am not sure if she would be a candidate for them as she doesn't drink now. I feel that being around like minded people for support and friendship is what she needs, but I am also worried that it will focus so much on the alcohol that she might go the other way and want to start drinking again IYKWIM.
Unfortunately we live in different states but we talk every day or so. She is SO down at the moment because of a chain of things that has happened to her and I am really worried that she doesn't have many friends, or those that she does have are all married/in relationships (she is not) and they all go out on couples nights and drink etc. So she feels very uncomfortable with them on both counts (being a "third wheel" and an ex-drinker).
Do you think AA is the right place for her? She already sees a counsellor for other issues, but I want her to meet people who can be her support and friends and let her feel like she can move forward without alcohol.
What do you think?
TIA.
My sister hasn't had a drink in about 6 years - she felt she was drinking far too much and managed to stop on her own, changed her career to Personal Training and basically cleaned up her life.
Unfortunately she has had some really bad stuff happening in her life over the past 12 to 18 months, and the latest thing that happened yesterday made her feel like she just wanted to go to the bottle shop and get drunk. She didn't, but she wanted to.
I suggested she contact AA, but I am not sure if she would be a candidate for them as she doesn't drink now. I feel that being around like minded people for support and friendship is what she needs, but I am also worried that it will focus so much on the alcohol that she might go the other way and want to start drinking again IYKWIM.
Unfortunately we live in different states but we talk every day or so. She is SO down at the moment because of a chain of things that has happened to her and I am really worried that she doesn't have many friends, or those that she does have are all married/in relationships (she is not) and they all go out on couples nights and drink etc. So she feels very uncomfortable with them on both counts (being a "third wheel" and an ex-drinker).
Do you think AA is the right place for her? She already sees a counsellor for other issues, but I want her to meet people who can be her support and friends and let her feel like she can move forward without alcohol.
What do you think?
TIA.