Alcohol Detoxification
An alcohol detoxification clinic is where you go to 'dry
out' from alcohol and drugs for a few days. It doesn't cure
you, but it's a beginning.
When you do alcohol detoxification, it's done at a hospital
or other center with trained doctors and nurses to monitor you
and counsellors who will help you before, during and after the
detox process.
The alcohol detoxification part is only where you go through
withdrawal from alcohol. It's not a permanent cure but it can
be the beginning for you on the road to recovery, where you can
have a sober life again.
After the alcohol detoxification part is finished with,
you'll need alcohol rehab to help you stay on the straight and
narrow path. There's no quick fix, no matter what the ads on
the Internet pitch at you. You need weeks or even months to
break the old bad habits and to learn to live with new friends
who don't have to drink every day.
At alcohol rehabilitation they'll teach you a lot of the
stuff you need to learn. But for it to succeed long-term, it
has to become habit. And you will need a strong support group
who can help you stay sober.
The best there is, is Alcoholics Anonymous. Most people have
heard of A.A. but few understand it. It's not just alkys going
to meetings, it's a fellowship of alcoholics who all help each
other to get sober and to stay that way. It's been proven that
by helping others, they can stay sober themselves. And that is
very, very powerful.
A.A. teaches that alcoholism is a medical sickness. It's not
some weakness of character, it's like an allergy to alcohol.
This means that even a drop of alcohol can trigger an alcoholic
to start drinking again. And once drinking, an alcoholic
doesn't know when to stop.
It's too hard to 'tough it out' and go things alone. It just
doesn't work. Millions have tried and died drunk. Believe me.
But in the 12 Step Fellowship of A.A. you're not alone any
more; and the Group can help you though it as long as you're
willing to be helped.
Go find an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in your area now and
go talk to them. They've all been where you are now. Do your
alcohol detoxification when you know where to go afterwards for
help to stay sober... And remember, you only have to do it one
day at a time.
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