Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by Nathaniel: Help me understand changes a recovering alcohol addict goes through and the difficulties they face?
What physical changes does a person go through during recovery from alcohol and/or drugs? How does their body crave the alcohol or drug they are recovering from? Can someone also help me understand by explaining the different physiological difficulties an addict has while going through recovery?

Anyone who can give the most detailed and accurate helpful answers, with possibly a link to a reference gets 10pts. Please help!

Best answer:

Answer by Kristy B
They will get the shakes,vomit (sometimes with blood depending on how long they have been drinking),become paranoid, body aches.

Really if you have ever seen a movie with someone coming off of heroin or something like that it can be very similar. especially with heavy drinkers

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Question by Jobey: is alcoholism more dangerous for a teen then being a drug addict.?
and is alcoholism more dangerous for a teen about 15 then it is for an adult?

Best answer:

Answer by SethSpeaks
Not more dangerous than drugs. Drugs more dangerous by about a thousand times. But yes, it is more dangerous for a teen to use alcohol than an adult.

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(I drink and smoke weed all the time and I’m trying to quit)I’m 29 years old, I live with my dad, I have 3 older siblings. My mom passed away when I was 18.(2 weeks before my 19th birthday). I have been in trouble with the law since I’ve been 16. I recently got a DUI back in June.(this would be my 3rd DUI). I have come to realize that every time I have been arrested or in trouble, alcohol has been involved. I saw a psychiatrist in April and he put me on Lexapro for my anxiety disorder(bipolar disorder). I have been going to group counseling(required by the state) and I have come to realize that not 1 member of this family has tried to reach out and help me with my alcohol addiction. NOT ONCE! My family only helps me when it’s too late. I really want to stop drinking, and I’ve tried, but my dad will make dinner or somethin’ and he’ll tell me “there’s beer in the fridge”. I can’t take this anymore, considering that my dad said this family gave up on me, but did they ever care in the first place. I try to talk to my dad about my mental disorder and alcoholism but all he ever tells me is “you’re not an alcoholic” or “you don’t have a mental disorder”. WHY DOES MY DAD NOT WANT TO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF HIS CHILDREN IS MESSED UP IN THE HEAD??? remember, that my dad knows that I drink all the time, and I smoke weed all the time(I want to say used too, because I’m trying to stop) Once again, not one person in this family has ever talked to me about my drinking problem. He knows I go to AA meetings and counseling, but pretty much laughs at me.

We were in couples counseling, our counselor told us both to cut out the alcohol and I did and have for 2 weeks. Its him, he has continued to drink every night and stopped going to counseling. I have asked him not to bring alcohol home because I do not want to be tempted but he does not care, stating he can handle his liquor and do whatever he wants. I continued the counseling on my own and have begun to take care of myself and set boundaries. He is never home now, he comes home around 5AM drunk and on drugs and tells me he hates me and I am trying to control him and that he doesnt need counseling but I am the one that needs help. I have set my boundary here, if he does not come to counseling next week then I am prepared to divorce. My counselor said, that if he comes next week he will be required to go to rehab otherwise he cannot continue counseling. He said that it is up to me when to call quits on this marriage, and the next step if he does not accept rehab is intervention. I am just so scared and confused and so hurt… my strength and energy to keep trying to help is diminished. I have contacted some of his family to tell them to encourage him to get help and if they allow his addiction or ignore it then they are only enabling him to continue. All his friends drink/use drugs with him also, so they are not a support right now. I am just so scared… anyone else been through this? Please give me any advice or support or your own story…anything helps at this point.

I want to do drug/alcohol abuse counseling for my career and I was wondering what kind of degrees and such I will need to get there.
I only graduate from high school next year, so I want to know just what I need to get started on to be on my way.
And the job itself means more than any aspect of it to me, but if anyone knows how much it pays that would be helpful too.
Thanks!