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Alcohol Addiction Treatments
The person whose personal experience was the subject of a previous blog and his wife got to talking again about the situation. Naturally, the subject of alcohol addiction treatment came up.
It’s been six weeks since the former drinker has had anything alcoholic to drink. Yeah, he’s keeping track. Seems that during this six weeks, he has been giving a lot of thought to the subject of alcoholism and alcohol addiction treatment and related stuff. So, the question came up as to whether he considered himself an alcoholic and, therefore, now a recovering alcoholic.
He said no, he didn’t consider himself an alcoholic before, and does not consider himself to be one now, nor does he think of himself as being “in recovery” or “recovering” or “having recovered” for that matter. He says he quit drinking, and isn’t going to start again, and that’s basically it in a nutshell.
He did admit that it took a LOT of willpower not to kid himself into thinking that “one little beer won’t hurt”, or “one little mixed drink isn’t going to push me over the edge”. He realizes that no drinking means no drinking.
He says that while he personally didn’t think he needed to go to AA or anything like that, he does know that the fact that increasing his church attendance is what helped HIM. So, he can understand how some people might need the help that an organized alcohol addiction treatment program can offer.
It’s for sure that such a program does have the means to “hold one accountable”, and that sometimes some people find it necessary to hold themselves accountable to another person. And, that’s fine, he said. What’s important is that a person stops drinking, no matter how it is accomplished.
His wife said, “AMEN, BROTHER!”
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