Will undergoing alcoholism treatment mean that I won’t be allowed to drink alcohol ever again?
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Question by catherine_ann: Will undergoing alcoholism treatment mean that I won’t be allowed to drink alcohol ever again?
I have been relying on alcohol lately, and I want to change that. I want to treat this alcoholism. I was just wondering if going through treatment would mean never having to drink anything alcoholic ever again in my life.
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Answer by nice_alivia
The goal of alcoholism treatments is to help the person go into abstinence. It’s advisable that you don’t consume any alcoholic drinks in a long span of time. This doesn’t mean that you can’t drink alcohol ever again, just that when you do so, you’ll be sure to do it in moderation. Excessive drinking will have you addicted again in no time, and you don’t want that. If you really want to be sober, work on it. It’s always a wonderful feeling when you’re experiencing bliss without alcohol messing with your brain.
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August 8th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
No, you will still have a choice to make every single day for the rest of your life.
If you want to remain sober and not relapse, then you would need to CHOOSE not to drink. That choice is made on a daily basis, hence the AA expression “Taking It One Day At A Time”
August 8th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Yes, usually. I know with AA you are never considered cured. You’re always a “recovering alcoholic” even if it’s been 40 years since your last drink. I think this is pure crap. Just because a person was an alcoholic at twenty doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be able to have a drink for the rest of their life…just learn self control. Anyways, that’s only my two cents and I don’t even drink.
August 8th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
no.maybe after the program you wont drink for a little while,maybe a month.a treatment would just help you to handle your drinking.it would help you to drink right and not much.
August 8th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Typically alcoholism is seen as a desease to which there is no cure… most would say that recovering alcoholics should NEVER drink again and should refrain from activities and environments that promote drinking. Good luck.
August 8th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
It’s your choice to drink alcohol again or not. But The goal of treatment is to help you learn to rely on the help of the group process, asking for help, dealing with your feelings before you try to numb them with alcohol, developing new ways of coping and basically changing your life so that you can live alcohol free. I have been sober 21 years with help from AA and I still see alcohol in the store or at gatherings etc. It will always be there. My choice is to use my program to help me to remain strong and serene. good luck to you and hope your journey takes you to good ends.
August 8th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
I’ve been dry 10 years. I began drinking at age 12, I was an alcoholic by age 16 and was placed in alcohol rehabilitation when I was but 19. By then I suffered from drug addiction, bleeding ulcers, and delerium tremens from alcohol withdrawal.
I beat the bottle by age 21, but relapsed by age 30. At age 33, I woke up in a psychiatric hospital, only to find out I had been found unconscious in a rundown crackhouse by Metro Police in a seedy Toronto neighbourhood. I was suffering from a combination of alcohol poisoning and heroin overdose. The police had found me by mistake when they went into the wrong address.
I remained in a coma for 8 days before coming to in the mental hospital.
Why am I telling you this?
Because I thought that after I beat booze at age 21, I’d be able to handle it “once in a while.”
I was wrong BIGTIME and I’m fortunate to even be alive.
So, if you beat booze, stay off it, because it’s nothing more than poisonous pi$$.