“What is most important to remember is that treatment and long-term sobriety are about discovering how to accept help, and manage life’s challenges without needing to escape or find a quick fix. This new way of living will provide new meaning and direction and those with rich participation in recovery will achieve freedom and serenity.”
-- from AlcoholRehab.com on Alcoholism
"Can you help me stop for a while so I can just clean up my act?"
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"Why can't my loved one stop? If they loved me enough they would stop for me?"
These are a few questions we get asked by people we help. And the simple truth is
that addiction is a disease, an illness that can be treated, just as diabetes or heart disease can be treated but can not be cured. And left untreated the individual will either end up in an institution, homeless or in jail.
Or worse: dead.
Your privacy is of great concern.
We have been in your shoes.
We get it and we know how to recover.
And above all, how to live well in recovery!
Do I have a problem?
"Why can't he just use his willpower? Is he mentally defective?"
"Why can't I control my drinking and drink like a normal person?"
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Can you relate?
Maybe you are able to stop drinking or using drugs, but staying stopped is the challenge.
No one knows how much you really drink and how horrible you feel inside.
You know you may need help, but there is no way you are going to a 12-Step group where you may have to speak in front of others and maybe see someone you know.
You may feel you can’t take time to go to a rehab — you have too many responsibilities, too many people depending on you, pets, children or parents that prevent you from going to rehab for 30 days or more.