Alcoholism Rehabilitation
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Alcoholism to sobriety, then later social drinking?
I understand that alcoholism is a disease/condition and that it’s defined as a person who has no control over their drinking, usually combined with depression and that abstinence is the only “cure” (for lack of a better term).
What I want to know is, is it possible for a true alcoholic to reach sobriety for a long time (and possibly cure their depression), and later be able to control their drinking such as in social settings? Are there cases of rehabilitation in such a manner?
Not in a healthy way, you can turn a cucumber into a pickle but never a pickle into a cucumber. In other words; It may be possible for a true alcoholic to occasionally have a drink without great turmoil and strife, but the nagging from within will say “well, I got away with one. Suppose I have two”….Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive, relapsing allergy of the body as well as an obsession of the mind. Probably the Person whom we discuss will go almost directly into a clinical depression and then years of therapy and medication will be for naught. Once a person with a diagnosis of mental illness combined with alcoholism their odds of relapse escalates 2.5-14% over a more common Single diagnosis alcoholic, which by the way has an 85% failure rate the first time abstinence is attempted.
And I don’t intend to be correcting recovery terminology but just to keep the slate clear, there is no cure for either. Abstinence is the best treatment medicine. One sure fire technique to keep an alcoholic non-intoxicated with alcohol is not to drink any! all else is b36
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