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| | and is worth helping only if they decide
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| your website and in your newsletter or
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| | Once an alcoholic is in treatment, they
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| Help For The Alcoholicby Kevin O'Leary
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| | more than likely will be asked to start
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| Question: If an alcoholic is unwilling to
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| | attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
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| get help, what can you do about it?
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| | meetings, usually daily. It is not easy
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| Alcoholics don't respond very well to
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| | to know when or if an alcoholic is
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| advice, suggestions, or threats. One
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| | "ready" for (AA). You can't make the
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| would imagine that under these
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| | decision for them. People bounce in and
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| circumstances an alcoholic is doomed to
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| | out of (AA) all the time.
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| oblivion. You must realize the alcoholic
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| | The right alcohol recovery program
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| is desperate to get more and more
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| | depends upon the severity and nature of
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| alcohol, and he or she may lie, cheat and
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| | the alcoholic and most importantly their
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| steal in order to do so.
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| | personal level of commitment and
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| Very simply, an alcoholic is a person
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| | motivation. A big part of getting the
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| whose life is controlled by alcohol. They
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| | alcoholic into treatment, is overcoming
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| are sick.
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| | the hurdle they face of actually going to
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| Question: If the alcoholic is sick why
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| | treatment.
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| doesn't he or she just go to the
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| | Many of the hurdles are self imposed, yet
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| hospital?
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| | like fortified brick walls - to the
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| Because in the early stages of
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| | alcoholic they are impassible. The walls
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| alcoholism, the alcoholic does not appear
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| | are constructed from fear, shame,
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| sick, in pain, or visibly abnormal.
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| | embarrassment, and denial. The
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| Alcoholics do not comprehend that they
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| | uncertainty of what they must face is
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| are about to become a very sick person,
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| | enough to trigger enough stress that they
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| and neither do the people around them.
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| | simply refuse to go.
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| By the time an alcoholic is in the late
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| | It may never be completely understood
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| stage, he or she is often irrational,
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| | what causes alcoholism, and (AA) is only
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| deluded, and unable to understand what
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| | one of many recognized treatments for
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| has happened. The alcoholic is simply not
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| | alcoholism. The difference is its track
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| aware of what is going on in his or her
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| | record for success. More than 700,000
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| body and is in a complete state of
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| | Americans receive alcoholism treatment of
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| denial.
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| | one kind or another on any given day.
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| Being an alcoholic is not a curse. The
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| | Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is one of the
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| alcoholic is a sick person and should be
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| | best treatment options for a recovering
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| treated as one. Alcoholics are born with
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| | alcoholic.
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| a hereditary, genetic predisposition to
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| | Overcoming denial and enabling is often
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| addiction having to do with brain
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| | the first step to successful recovery for
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| chemistry. Alcoholics need to ingest
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| | the alcoholic. Treatment only works if
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| alcohol before the addiction takes hold.
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| | the alcoholic wants it. Forcing a
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| Alcoholism is a progressive disease, and
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| | treatment program on an alcoholic does
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| without treatment it only gets worse.
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| | not work. If an alcoholic is going to get
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| If an alcoholic is unwilling to seek
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| | anything positive out of an alcohol
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| help, is there any way to get them into
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| | treatment program, they must be a willing
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| treatment?
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| | participant.
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| Sure the courts force alcoholics into
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| | The (AA) membership knows the routine as
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| treatment all the time. Rehab centers are
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| | far as the alcoholic is concerned. They
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| overflowing with people who don't want to
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| | are all recovering alcoholics too. They
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| be there. The real question is, will
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| | supply the means, knowledge, and
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| forcing an alcoholic into treatment
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| | opportunity. It's up to the alcoholic to
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| guarantee recovery? The answer is no.
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| | take action. It's part of the reason why
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| A perfect example is the alcoholic with
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| | (AA) is so effective. Very simply, they
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| multiple DUI arrests. These folks have
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| | understand the alcoholic is a person
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| all been through one or more alcohol
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| | whose life is controlled by alcohol.
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| treatment programs. Why didn't any of
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| | Nagging the alcoholic is not the answer
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| them stick? The answer is the alcoholic
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| | to successful recovery. Or is it an
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| refused to admit to themselves they have
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| | effective method to get an alcoholic to
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| a problem.
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| | stop drinking. The choice must be made by
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| No alcoholic is hopeless. If you're
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| | the alcoholic.
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| trying to get an alcoholic sober, learn
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| | Admitting you're an alcoholic is not a
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| to accept the fact that the alcoholic is
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| | requirement for membership to (AA), it is
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| sick, from an illness he cannot control,
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| | however, the #1 requirement to your
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| and neither can you. The alcoholic is
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| | recovery. Don't Drink Today - and get
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| addicted and an addict cannot stop on
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| | involved. Listen to a speaker. Hear their
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| their own volition.
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| | story. In many cases you'll find it's not
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| The first step in treating the alcoholic
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| | all that different from yours.
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| is the detoxification stage. The
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| | If you don't like the first meeting you
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| alcoholic must truly want to stop
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| | attend, go to a different one. It's not
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| drinking or detoxification becomes a
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| | like they're difficult to find.
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| temporary solution. The biggest symptom
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| | Eventually you will find a meeting you
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| to overcome for an alcoholic is their
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| | like, with people who care and are will
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| denial of having a drinking problem. An
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| | help you through the recovery process.
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| alcoholic is "someone who could be helped
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