Alcoholism Support Group
Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.
Question: If an alcoholic is unwilling to get help, what can you do about it?
Alcoholics dont respond very well to advice, suggestions, or threats. One would imagine that under these circumstances an alcoholic is doomed to oblivion. You must realize the alcoholic is desperate to get more and more alcohol, and he or she may lie, cheat and steal in order to do so.
Question: If the alcoholic is sick why doesn't he or she just go to the hospital?
Because in the early stages of alcoholism, the alcoholic does not appear sick, in pain, or visibly abnormal. Alcoholics do not comprehend that they are about to become a very sick person, and neither do the people around them.
http://www.healthandwellnessliving.com/Articles/7042/HelpForTheAlcoholic
Alcoholics dont respond very well to advice, suggestions, or threats. One would imagine that under these circumstances an alcoholic is doomed to oblivion. You must realize the alcoholic is desperate to get more and more alcohol, and he or she may lie, cheat and steal in order to do so.
Question: If the alcoholic is sick why doesn't he or she just go to the hospital?
Because in the early stages of alcoholism, the alcoholic does not appear sick, in pain, or visibly abnormal. Alcoholics do not comprehend that they are about to become a very sick person, and neither do the people around them.
http://www.healthandwellnessliving.com/Articles/7042/HelpForTheAlcoholic
"Overcoming denial and enabling is often the first step to successful recovery for the alcoholic. Treatment only works if the alcoholic wants it.... If an alcoholic is going to get anything positive out of an alcohol treatment program, they must be a willing participant."
I didn't know how sick I was and was oblivious and ignorant to help available. Didn't even entertain the idea of getting help at any stage. Denial, blinkers on and stuck in my own little sad world of self-destruction. Pure dumb luck I hadn't died either by accident or my own hand, or killed someone along the way. I'd certainly hurt plenty. Only when I looked in the mirror one day and truly saw what I'd become and where I was heading did I have the 'want' inside of me to do something. No one else could have done that for me. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink.