Talking to your doctor about it is not a bad idea...
but generally, if you think you have a problem and are concerned about it, you probably do have a problem and you should do something about it,
Going to a hospital to detox? probably not unless you are getting the DTs from not drinking.
AA meetings: (I've been to them to support more than one friend who had a problem and as training for when i worked on a suicide hotline) What do expect?
If you google the 12 steps of AA, they put a lot of stock in that whole higher power thing... If you beleive in god, great, I do, but I beleive in myself more, and the only real issue that i have with AA, it seems to absolve a person from personal responsibility... BUT never having been an alcoholic, maybe it's what a person needs to get help to get them past that first initial hurdle.
The positive side. it's a confidential meeting, no last names at all, if you don't want to speak, you don't have to, you can sit in the back and drink coffee and listen. Going to AA, you have to want to get help, and at some point, you want to admit you have a problem, and it really is as simple as the m uch joked about, Hi, I'm maleficent and I'm an alcoholic... HI Maleficent... /me turns red and sits down... You can talk about your issues.... you can talk about how alcohol has effected your sexual performance... other people might talk about the same thing... Not unlike TFP, where there is total anonyminity, it's just a sharing of ideas.. but unlike TFP, you wont have maleficent telling you what you should do... what you should do has to come from within you.. and sometimes talking about it out loud - -gets you there.
You wil find it a very nurturing and supportive place, you will probaly have someone, maybe not at the first meeting, but soon after, wanting to be your sponsor... this is the person that you call when alcohol is calling your name and you want to drink.. that's when that support comes in....
For now, get rid of all the alcohol in your house... so you won't be tempted- temptation will always be there, but in the beginning, it's a lot harder if it's staring you in the face... Pour it down the drain... Look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if this is how you want to spend the next 20 years +of your life... Alcohol is a disease, but the cure for it comes from within you.
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