Alcoholism as Illness - Give me a break!
Published by Stan
I came across another “Alcoholism as illness” post that regurgitates that same old tired “recovery rant”. I do believe that alcoholism is an illness - of both body and “Soul”. Although you can dry out an alcoholic they will go back to drinking unless you deal with the illness of the soul. - Believe me, I’ve had alcohol cravings long (2 years) after the alcohol was out of my system. I am only able to stay sober because I am fighting the “craving for escape” in my heart. - Stay tuned.
Research shows that alcohol treatment programmes work. Experts in the field of alcohol addiction treatment spend many years training in order to provide the services and help that problem drinkers need to beat their illness, including:
* a period (typically 2 weeks) of medically supervised detoxification to clear all alcohol from the system;
* medication to alleviate the symptoms of withdrawal from alcohol and to start repairing the damage that drinking has done;
* counselling and therapy to help sufferers to confront their illness and learn to successfully cope with it in future. |
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Sep 19, 2008
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