Today, my mom took me to an AA meeting because she said I needed help. I have never tried alcohol in my life, and told them this. I was then harangued by the "instructor" because apparently one of the signs of alcoholism is denial. FML
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Today, I had to confess to my mother that I was too hungover to take her to her AA meeting. FML
Today, my alcoholic mother decided to finally check herself into rehab. She did it while drunk, and flirted with the front attendant. FML
Today, I was feeling sick and ended up throwing up as soon as I got home. My mother's first question was an accusatory, "What have you been drinking?" I was returning from the AA meeting I have been attending for over a month. I go because I'm afraid I'll become an alcoholic like her. FML
Today, my once-alcoholic mom told me that she would sell me for a shot of vodka. FML
Today, as usual, my mom got shitfaced and started berating me for something. This time, it was for missing a therapy appointment. Not only am I unable to drive, it was her appointment. For her alcoholism. FML
Today, my parents staged a family intervention and gave me the grandest bollocking I've ever experienced in all my 22 years of life. They did this because my sister showed them a photo of me jokingly posing with three bottles of Bud Light at a party. Apparently, I'm an alcoholic in denial. FML
Today, at dinner, I accidentally let it slip that I'd taken a small sip of alcohol a few years ago and hated it. My extremely strict parents are now trying to get me into rehab. FML
Today my mother met my in-laws for the first time. She had been an alcoholic and had us sent to foster care 15 years ago. My husband told his parents this behind my back a while ago. When they asked her about it, she denied everything. His entire family now thinks I lie for attention. FML
Today, my mom left the house in the morning, leaving me alone. I called and I got no answer. Hours later, she finally answers one of my calls and tells me that she'd been in an AA meeting all this time. Happy, I tell her to come home. She came home drunk. FML
Today, I confronted my mom about her drinking problems. After I blurted everything out, she completely denied it. She did this as she was drinking a huge cup full of vodka. FML
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daxter136 0
you need help getting away from there
Philliesfan9391 3
AA is for quitters...
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instantmusic 4
Shouldn't denial be the first sign that you DON'T have a problem?
alexalee93 0
alcoholics anonymous is a program created for people who not only have a problem with alcohol or drugs but also for people who are emotionally and spiritually bankrupt. maybe that's the problem if so try alanon. As for the instructor you spoke about, there are no instructors the experience comes from people sharing what has happend and how they came to sobriety with AA. But for the man or woman leading the meeting who said your in denial. If you expressed to them that you have never drank then they have no right to express that feeling. just wanted to shed some light on people who don't understand what AA is for.
mystomachurts 3
Thank you!!
mrjude 3
That is the problem with all "addictions" - one of the signs is always denial, meaning even if you aren't an addict, you have one of the signs... Because you're going to say you aren't one.
emmarae26 0
my parents think that too . but I've learned that your the only one who can say if you really have a problem or not .
OfficeNinja 5
the first step is admitting you might have a problem someday in the future after you become addicted to alcohol.
Asystole 0
aa is one of the more terrifying and widely accepted cults.
steveakafranxy 7
Let me guess, it's all based on propaganda, right? This comment is sarcastic, and I am saying that because some people can't figure that out on their own.
XxXHaCkErXxX 0
it seems weird that your mother would just all of a sudden think your an alcoholic.
sunlovinmama 1
you can get addicted to coffee by going to those meetings as they always have tons of it. act all jittery, hyper, paranoid and excitable when your mom picks you up. tell her you really really need some coffie and overdo it. maybe you can freak her out enough by your new "addiction" that she will drop the whole matter
SneezyC 15
well.. she must have had a reason for taking you to an AA meeting ... Some kind of reason..
Gelski58 2
Start drinking cause they obviously don't care all that much