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Can I quit drinking on my own?
What do I do to get my loved one into treatment if they
don't believe they have a problem?
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Can
I quit drinking on my own?
- Four
percent of problem drinkers stay sober for the next year if they
try to quit on their own.
- Fifty
percent of problem drinkers stay sober for the next year of if they
go through treatment.
- Seventy
percent of problem drinkers stay sober for the next year if they
go through treatment and regularly attend problem drinkers Anonymous
meetings.
- Ninety
percent of problem drinkers stay sober for the next year if they
go through treatment, regularly attend Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings, and go to aftercare once a week.
How
do I get my loved one into treatment if they don't believe they
have a problem?
This
is very common because the problem drinker uses defense mechanisms to
protect him or herself from the painful truth. No one likes to think
they are sick and so they minimize, rationalize and deny the problem.
This not only happens in the problem drinker but in everyone intimately
involved with the problem drinker. That is why this is a family disease.
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Steps
you need to take to help someone you love
1.
You need to treat yourself first. Go to Al-anon and to an addictions
counselor and get support. Alcoholism is an illness that you can't
conquer on your own. You need help. You have probably been helping
the problem drinker or addict drink or use drugs by covering up for
them--this has got to stop. Once you get support, then you can
act.
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