I do now, but I didn't have anyone to talk to when I was really struggling with booze, not about boozing or problems anyways. When I finally quit booze for good a few years back I got to dry drunk on my own, but still had depression issues etc. I actually had to pay a shrink to get all the way "good" (whatever that means). I'm not big on the shrinks, but I finally found one who I got a long with and we just basically agreed that I was paying her to let me bitch at her, not for any psychobabble, and it was helpful.
The darnedest thing about the booze recovery is I didn't have anyone when I really needed it, probably because I was a mess that no one wanted to be around. Today I plenty of people I feel like I could talk to if I needed, but now that I've cleaned up most my messes I don't really need it. C'est la vie.
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