Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by mcqueen: Alcohol recovery, Im having SEVERE depression, help?
I’ve been drinking every day for 4 years. I lost it last Friday after getting laid off, losing my boyfriend, and having an eviction notice sent to me all within 24 hours. I bought a case and drank 20 beers within a 24 hour period (I think, I can’t even make sense of it. I was alone). I asked my boyfriend to come over and talk when I woke up and he said no, so I immediately bought another case and drank about 10 more.

I woke up Sunday and from what I could tell I had a seizure. I went to the ER and admitted what I had done and went thru detox there, then was given Xanax to detox at home. I am still detoxing but after all this time I am now noticing severe and awful depression. I am sitting here crying since I can’t just drink everything away but it seems more psychological now.

Has anyone been thru this? It’s like there is no hope. I’m guessing this will pass but it was bad yesterday and is worse today. Thoughts?

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Answer by Alex
First of all, you are going to have physical and mental withdrawls from alcohol. Even without the emotion from the alcohol, you just lost your job, boyfriend, and house. OF COURSE your going to be depressed. What you need to realize is, this is because you drink. The only way you’re going to get through this is by not drinking. That being said, you ARE going to go through hard times. If you don’t stop, you’ll go through worse. My suggestion to you is to accept that this is going to be hard, but afterwards life will be better. Call your parents, siblings, family or for last resort friends. Preferably parents or siblings. Tell them you have a drinking problem and you need a place to stay to get back on your feet. Start going to AA meetings and find another job. After awhile you’ll get over this withdrawl, you’ll get your own place, you’ll get a job, you’ll get a new boyfriend (or even maybe your ex if he sees how well you cleaned up since he probably left you because of drinking) and you’ll be happy.

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Question by Chef: Is it medically possible to taper off severe alcohol addiction?
If someone is severely physically addicted to alcohol, and is at risk of getting DT’s or having siezures if they quit cold turkey, is it possible to slowly reduce the amount of alcohol consumed in order to taper off of the physical addiction over time? This person can’t afford to go to a medical detox facility, but they want to quit drinking.
I guess I touched a nerve with this question, seeing as there has only been a few responses. That or alcoholism is still a mystery in society. Don’t know.

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Answer by donttellme
normally this is done in a hospitalor related facility as they have access to tranquilizers and know what doses to give and how to watch for signs of trouble Maybe someone else can pipe in here In the meantime try AA

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i am totally addicted to alcohol and i just cant stop, my anger problem is so severe that i become violent on my own family member saying i was going to kill them. what shall i do? i currently have aspergers,adhd and possible bi polar disorder. what is up with me? i am so confused. help.

The family wants to do an intervention, but his self esteem is so minimal that we fear it will reinforce his negative view of himself and instead of accepting the help, he will leave and commit suicide. Also, we would like to place him in an inpatient rehab facility. Does anyone know of an affordable facility?