I shall present myself as Jonathan Woodgate, Alcoholic for 22 years and presently carry out a pretty active life. I am not really that keen on talking about my past but I am doing so in helping others that may like to learn from my example. You will sooner or later get fed up with being called a waste of space or a loser.

I am now 65 years old and for the last 2 years of my life I have been Alcohol free, and to be honest I had no choice in the matter, "either give up or die" that is what my doctor told me. It took me about a mille second to make my mind up.

I was fortunate enough to have been married before and I have 2 wonderful children, but all that went pear shaped and went for 16 years without seeing my kids. I really feel awful when I think what I missed and the problem is then when alcohol forms part of your life everything else falls by the wayside.

If I remember rightly I was in my mid forties and drinking way too much on a daily basis when my wife warned me what the consequences would be if I didn't sort my problem out. I really didn't think she leave me with the children and I just brushed her warnings away by saying I had everything under control. I should have listened to her as that nightmare day dawned upon me.

It's difficult to put how I felt into words but I was devastated and my condition lead me to drinking more and more just so that I could forget the position I was in. I began to drink so much alcohol that even forgot about my wife and 2 lovely kids.

I was the grand old age of 62, when I got a knock on my front door one morning, and there was the young tall lad stood there, smelling of vodka from the night before I opened the door, and asked "can I help you son?", and to his reply he asked for me by my name and if so he was my son. Well at first I thought this was some kind of joke, and after a long chat and looking at some pictures he'd brought round I'd released this was my son who I hadn't seen for 16 years.

His real mission was two fold and I was so pleased when he invited me to his wedding and even more cooperative when he told me that I could only come without being under the influence of alcohol. I wasted no time and the next morning went straight to my local Doctor and explained him my situation. This was the day he was very honest with me and told me straight, that if I didn't quit drinking that I would most certainly die.

I tried every single thing out there you could think of and to honest nothing seemed to be working, and then my son came across this website stopdrinkingadvice.org. I didn't have much money so my son bought this for me. I had just over 2 years to sort my self out and with the help of my son and this incredible audio and book I did it. It took me 6 months, and I have never touched a drop since.

I admit it was a tough time and I really had to be firm with myself but at the end of the day nothing was going to stop me watching my son getting married and now I am looking forward to walking down the aisle with my daughter.

So why have a I wrote this; One you are never too old in life to quit drinking or quit anything, and if a 63 year old can do it so can you. There are so many things in life which are far more important than having a drink as that's the easy option, so for once why don't you try the hard option...the reward's are far greater.

So just to sum up really I would like to pass on my advice to anyone who feels they have something in common with my life. I managed and so can you but I must emphasise that it was stopdrinkingadvice.org that made all the difference in my battle with alcohol. I really wish you luck on your journey and I hope you find your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow like I did.