My Response to our FRiend:
[Recovering FRiend],
Hang in there buddy. We all know that you can succeed at this if you want to. I am continually amazed at what a great thing Free Republic is.
We are all blessed to have this place and these people in our lives (well not all of them, but the vast majority of them ;-> ).
There is some good advice in this thread, and AA meetings are your own personal decision but I would recommend committing to going to at least 30-45 meetings over the next 45 days. You need to make getting well the #1 priority in your life.
Let me know if you need anything more right now, otherwise you have plenty to read and re-read.
You might want to look at this thread on the alcoholism "disease" question:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453042/posts
Thanks for not being afraid to ask for help. It means that you going to make it,
Fregards
Rob