If you have any resources you think would help the visitors to our site please leave a comment below Health Organisations Alcohol Use Disorder Help Pages National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (USA) – https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ NHS UK – https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/ Health Canada – https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/alcohol.html Health Direct (Australia) – https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/alcoholism-at-home Alcoholism Support Groups Alcoholics Anonymous, North America – https://www.aa.org/ UK – https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/ Austr ..read more

This is a reader story. We believe in providing our readers with a space for them to share their story however they see fit. The thoughts and views expressed are that of the author and should be treated as such. If you wish to share your own stories please see here for more information. The following story comes from our friend James. “Drink away your sorrows to experience temporary happiness even for a second.”  I always stand by this quote, believing that I can forget all my problems and suffering by drinking alcohol. I often experience emotional instability when there is alcohol ..read more

  Hey, I am Malynne. I am a mother of one. I have really amazing son (I would not like to give his name) so let’s call him Pete for now. Pete means the world to me and I would protect him with my life. Pete is the reason I am out of alcohol for good, I mean he is the reason i find joy living each day. Sadly, Pete will grow without a father for now but i always promise myself I would do all I can. So, this is how Pete is such an angel for me. I am 24 years but shy of roughly of two months I would be turning 25. Pete is a year and half. So, I was a drunkard like I was seriously into alcohol ..read more

This is a reader story. We believe in providing our readers with a space for them to share their story however they see fit. The thoughts and views expressed are that of the author and should be treated as such. If you wish to share your own stories please see here for more information. I grew up in a household that discouraged drinking. That same household, however, was a strict, religious environment located in the Bible Belt of the deep south. Me, being a brow-skinned little girl in the rural south, had to deal with many challenges no child should ever face. I had to face down racism ..read more

This is a reader story. We believe in providing our readers with a space for them to share their story however they see fit. The thoughts and views expressed are that of the author and should be treated as such. If you wish to share your own stories please see here for more information. It started when I was 19 years old. My friend was a bartender and often sneaked me into her job. I requested for her to make me a Bloody Mary because I liked the name.To be honest, till this day I don’t even know what it contains. All I remember was thinking about my Grandfather  who died before I was ..read more

This is a reader story. We believe in providing our readers with a space for them to share their story however they see fit. The thoughts and views expressed are that of the author and should be treated as such. If you wish to share your own stories please see here for more information. My long abusive relationship with alcohol began when I was 13 years of age. My brother was 23 at the time, and had a big piece of furniture in which he had a big stash of booze that he would steal from parties he went to. To him, they were his little trophies. Rather expensive bottles that he managed to sn ..read more

This is a reader story. We believe in providing our readers with a space for them to share their story however they see fit. The thoughts and views expressed are that of the author and should be treated as such. If you wish to share your own stories please see here for more information. My story of recovery from Alcohol addiction  Hey everyone! I’m Ajay from India, and today I’m going to tell you all about how I got into the horrible cycle of alcohol addiction, and just what steps I took and the help I received from my loved ones to come out of this. Every day, with dedication, I wou ..read more

This is a reader story. We believe in providing our readers with a space for them to share their story however they see fit. The thoughts and views expressed are that of the author and should be treated as such. If you wish to share your own stories please see here for more information. The author wished to remain anonymous. My story begins when I was 15. I was a rather shy individual and, as a matter of fact, I didn’t even like to party that much, until I discovered alcohol. The first time I drank booze was with my friend and his big brother, who also had peers over for drinks. We were ..read more

This is a reader story. We believe in providing our readers with a space for them to share their story however they see fit. The thoughts and views expressed are that of the author and should be treated as such. If you wish to share your own stories please see here for more information. I am a half Greek half German musician and electrician, playing metal music in various bands for years now. I am proud of my achievements and feel as if nothing can stop me. But in my youth, I was a depressed alcoholic and the only thing I felt for myself was a great shame. I moved from Germany to Greece w ..read more

This is a reader story. We believe in providing our readers with a space for them to share their story however they see fit. The thoughts and views expressed are that of the author and should be treated as such. If you wish to share your own stories please see here for more information. How could I know, I was just a kid and there were just bits of memories scrambled around the floor he would throw up all over every time he had to take care of me or when he would stay the night out just to escape that responsibility. Maybe I would be able to tell someone, I wasn’t so little anymore, but h ..read more