Comments on: About This Blog http://www.drinkingdiaries.com A blog about women and drinking--the ups, downs and everything in between. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Heather http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-31646 Heather Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:26:21 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-31646 Hi, my name is Heather! Please email me when you can, I have a question about your blog! Hi, my name is Heather! Please email me when you can, I have a question about your blog!

]]> By: Tina http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-25894 Tina Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:52:24 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-25894 How do I subscribe in a google reader? I'm not familiar with that term. . . How do I subscribe in a google reader? I’m not familiar with that term. . .

]]> By: Leah http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-21658 Leah Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:18:29 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-21658 Patec--we're working on developing a newsletter & link, so if you send us your email address, we can add you to our list. Otherwise, you can subscribe in a google reader. Thanks for reading! Patec–we’re working on developing a newsletter & link, so if you send us your email address, we can add you to our list. Otherwise, you can subscribe in a google reader. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Patec http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-21653 Patec Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:23:50 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-21653 I found out about this blog today from an article in Salon. I'd love to get it in my email every week. Do you have plans to take any subscribers? I found out about this blog today from an article in Salon. I’d love to get it in my email every week. Do you have plans to take any subscribers?

]]> By: Helen and Edmund Tirbutt http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-21265 Helen and Edmund Tirbutt Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:24:22 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-21265 Hi - I too am glad to have found this blog. Am in the UK but worked a lot in NYC in the past. We lost three friends to alcoholism and so we wrote a book Help Them Beat the Booze in an attempt to help all those out there who love someone an alcohol abuse problem and don't know where to turn or are embarrased to ask for help. Whilst we totally respect all forms of treatment and approaches for some the more obvious ones like AA and rehab did not work and you end up losing good talanted lovely people who never chose the live of an addict - it chose them. The book talks about new and potentially exciting treatments that we hope in time will be widely available and speaks to experts around the world. Love can often push the boundaries of conventional medical wisdom in a desperate attempt to find a cure when time is running out for someone you love. If you have not experienced alcohol additiction first-hand it is difficult to know how incredibly painful the journey is and hope is something we all need when things get really bad - we hope the book gives some of that to people who read it. Hi – I too am glad to have found this blog. Am in the UK but worked a lot in NYC in the past. We lost three friends to alcoholism and so we wrote a book Help Them Beat the Booze in an attempt to help all those out there who love someone an alcohol abuse problem and don’t know where to turn or are embarrased to ask for help. Whilst we totally respect all forms of treatment and approaches for some the more obvious ones like AA and rehab did not work and you end up losing good talanted lovely people who never chose the live of an addict – it chose them. The book talks about new and potentially exciting treatments that we hope in time will be widely available and speaks to experts around the world. Love can often push the boundaries of conventional medical wisdom in a desperate attempt to find a cure when time is running out for someone you love. If you have not experienced alcohol additiction first-hand it is difficult to know how incredibly painful the journey is and hope is something we all need when things get really bad – we hope the book gives some of that to people who read it.

]]> By: polly http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-20708 polly Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:31:07 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-20708 i'm so glad i found this blog today! i just got my second DWI in 3 years, lost my license for 6 months, will probably have to go to outpatient again (YUK!) & to AA (double YUK) & am don't want to give up drinking ... i don't drink often, i don't drink much, but i did get that DWI. & i DO like to drink WHEN i DO drink! i'm a 51-yr old women going to college in a drinking town & that's the way it is ... abstinence does not work for me. NO does not work for me. anyway, thanx for listening... polly i’m so glad i found this blog today! i just got my second DWI in 3 years, lost my license for 6 months, will probably have to go to outpatient again (YUK!) & to AA (double YUK) & am don’t want to give up drinking … i don’t drink often, i don’t drink much, but i did get that DWI. & i DO like to drink WHEN i DO drink! i’m a 51-yr old women going to college in a drinking town & that’s the way it is … abstinence does not work for me. NO does not work for me. anyway, thanx for listening… polly

]]> By: Frann Harris http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-15785 Frann Harris Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:30:37 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-15785 Being Canadian, I am always impressed with the openness with which you Americans discuss yourselves. Your openness about alcohol permits me to say that I like to drink 2-3 glasses of wine every day with my dinner, and maybe even more on weekend evenings. (I wonder if my family doctor believes me when I say I drink no more than 2 glasses a day!) I just finished reading a fascinating medical report that links the ingestion of sugar not only to diabetes but also to metabolic syndrome and some forms of cancer. Since reading the piece, I realize that I must try to stick to 2 glasses a day from now on to protect my liver and prevent getting a life-threatening illness. My sister, who also likes to drink, tells me I'd better buy bigger wine glasses:) I will let you know how I fare in the coming months. Being Canadian, I am always impressed with the openness with which you Americans discuss yourselves. Your openness about alcohol permits me to say that I like to drink 2-3 glasses of wine every day with my dinner, and maybe even more on weekend evenings. (I wonder if my family doctor believes me when I say I drink no more than 2 glasses a day!) I just finished reading a fascinating medical report that links the ingestion of sugar not only to diabetes but also to metabolic syndrome and some forms of cancer. Since reading the piece, I realize that I must try to stick to 2 glasses a day from now on to protect my liver and prevent getting a life-threatening illness. My sister, who also likes to drink, tells me I’d better buy bigger wine glasses:) I will let you know how I fare in the coming months.

]]> By: Debbie hagan http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-11519 Debbie hagan Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-11519 I read some of the "drinking" blog.I work in a Correctional Facility.I dont find the sad stories that people share while incarcerated about drinking amusing at all. People incarcerated dont have the luxury of reading or responing to blogs when they are in jail for killing a family in a black out drunk.Victims and families that suffer from anothers "alcohal" problem,would not find your blog amusing either. I do drink,I like to drink,but there are also other joys in life that can be lived with out alcohal as a "balm" as you call it. I read some of the “drinking” blog.I work in a Correctional Facility.I dont find the sad stories that people share while incarcerated about drinking amusing at all. People incarcerated dont have the luxury of reading or responing to blogs when they are in jail for killing a family in a black out drunk.Victims and families that suffer from anothers “alcohal” problem,would not find your blog amusing either.
I do drink,I like to drink,but there are also other joys in life that can be lived with out alcohal as a “balm” as you call it.

]]> By: Laura http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-10145 Laura Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:33:26 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-10145 I've been meaning to start writing my own blog and so tonight I looked up Julie Powell (who I really enjoy) to see which blog site she used when she started out...I came across her interview with you and here I am--two hours and many essays later, reflecting heavily on my own life. This year the Ball dropped (on me) at about 10pm--which is about when I think I blacked out--and I rang in 2011 by punching my completely undeserving husband in the eye for trying to help me to my feet . Just reading this in print is humiliating and so unlike the person I usually like to call myself. Tomorrow will be 7 days without a drink--no wine while cooking, no "unwinder" to enjoy with TV...and it hasn't come easily. Tonight I've discovered I'm not unique in my troubles and this site, I think, will be a place of comfort for me while I search for my "off switch" and try to define the role of drinking in my life. Thanks very much. I’ve been meaning to start writing my own blog and so tonight I looked up Julie Powell (who I really enjoy) to see which blog site she used when she started out…I came across her interview with you and here I am–two hours and many essays later, reflecting heavily on my own life. This year the Ball dropped (on me) at about 10pm–which is about when I think I blacked out–and I rang in 2011 by punching my completely undeserving husband in the eye for trying to help me to my feet . Just reading this in print is humiliating and so unlike the person I usually like to call myself. Tomorrow will be 7 days without a drink–no wine while cooking, no “unwinder” to enjoy with TV…and it hasn’t come easily. Tonight I’ve discovered I’m not unique in my troubles and this site, I think, will be a place of comfort for me while I search for my “off switch” and try to define the role of drinking in my life. Thanks very much.

]]> By: Kris http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5057 Kris Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:38:00 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-5057 I just celebrated a year of sobriety and am very grateful that. Of late, some of my demons have been rearing their ugly heads and it's been kinda tough to take, but it's part of the process. I come from a long line of drinkers (many, many generations of alchies in my fam), and I don't wish to pass on that heritage to my kids. I was not the best mom when my oldest (now 18) was growing up, and I see how it's affecting her now. That is hard to take, even though she insists she forgives me. I love that I found this site (through a Women for Sobriety post). There is never enough reading material in my opinion. Thanks! I just celebrated a year of sobriety and am very grateful that. Of late, some of my demons have been rearing their ugly heads and it’s been kinda tough to take, but it’s part of the process. I come from a long line of drinkers (many, many generations of alchies in my fam), and I don’t wish to pass on that heritage to my kids. I was not the best mom when my oldest (now 18) was growing up, and I see how it’s affecting her now. That is hard to take, even though she insists she forgives me.

I love that I found this site (through a Women for Sobriety post). There is never enough reading material in my opinion. Thanks!

]]> By: Peggy http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5056 Peggy Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:15:17 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-5056 I am trying to stop drinking...I want to and pray to but keep going back to it...I am tired and weary...so many things i have done over 30 years...I am 54 and want my life to be what it should be. Therapists tell me I don't want it enough, I know i do but i am afraid...I hate it... Thanks for listening. I am glad I found this website quite by accident... I am trying to stop drinking…I want to and pray to but keep going back to it…I am tired and weary…so many things i have done over 30 years…I am 54 and want my life to be what it should be. Therapists tell me I don’t want it enough, I know i do but i am afraid…I hate it…
Thanks for listening. I am glad I found this website quite by accident…

]]> By: Chelle http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-5012 Chelle Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:47:55 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-5012 So, made dinner tonight..had a beer, cause I love beer...1 lead to 3...wishing I had someone to enjoy drinks while cooking... with... So, made dinner tonight..had a beer, cause I love beer…1 lead to 3…wishing I had someone to enjoy drinks while cooking… with…

]]> By: christine http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-4904 christine Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:12:31 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-4904 found this site by accident and I am so glad I did, active member of AA is good to see and hear from others how alchohol affects them thank you great site. found this site by accident and I am so glad I did, active member of AA is good to see and hear from others how alchohol affects them thank you great site.

]]> By: Kim http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-4890 Kim Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:13:25 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-4890 I think it was meant for me to find this blog. I was reading Beyond Blue on Belief.net by Therese J. Borchard and found the article with the link to the Yale study to this blog. I say meant for me to find because I realized the other day I may have a problem with alchohol. I drink everyday and not even to get drunk just because I feel like I need it to deal with my emotional problems. Thank you for this blog. I think it was meant for me to find this blog. I was reading Beyond Blue on Belief.net by Therese J. Borchard and found the article with the link to the Yale study to this blog. I say meant for me to find because I realized the other day I may have a problem with alchohol. I drink everyday and not even to get drunk just because I feel like I need it to deal with my emotional problems. Thank you for this blog.

]]> By: Maggie Morgan http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-4568 Maggie Morgan Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:32:55 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com//?page_id=2#comment-4568 I stumbled upon your blog by accident reading the Food News Journal and curious about the interview with Amanda Hesser. It was very timely as I have just bailed out my adult son for the second time from alcohol abuse. The first time he was driving and side-swiped a cop car (God was watching over him and anyone in his path). This time for walking in an intoxicated state and i.d. 'ed for the outstanding DWI warrants. Frustration, anger, pain & hard love are all the emotions I'm feeling. I will keep reading your posts in hopes of finding some answers to help. I stumbled upon your blog by accident reading the Food News Journal and curious about the interview with Amanda Hesser.
It was very timely as I have just bailed out my adult son for the second time from alcohol abuse. The first time he was driving and side-swiped a cop car (God was watching over him and anyone in his path). This time for walking in an intoxicated state and i.d. ‘ed for the outstanding DWI warrants.
Frustration, anger, pain & hard love are all the emotions I’m feeling.
I will keep reading your posts in hopes of finding some answers to help.

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