Treatment for Alcohol Addiction Requires Direction, Passion, and Purpose
What is the best treatment for alcohol addiction? What is the magic secret that they use at treatment centers and drug rehabs in order to straighten out a hopeless drunk? How can you get an alcoholic to stop drinking?
Unfortunately, there are no easy answers to these questions, and there are no magic tricks that produce instant sobriety. Recovery is a lot of work. Treating alcohol addiction is a lot of work. Creating a new life in recovery takes a huge amount of effort and energy, so much so that most people never attempt it. It is easier to stay stuck in a rut than to try to change your whole life and move mountains. For some people, it would be far easier to move a mountain than it would be to stop drinking and alcohol and find a better way to live.
The process of alcohol treatment must start with surrender. An alcoholic is defined by their inability to solve their own problem. If they can miraculously stop drinking on their own, then they are not alcoholic. Or whatever. It doesn’t matter. Go off in peace and don’t drink. Problem solved.
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If, on the other hand, they cannot stop drinking on their own, then they need to surrender. Can they choose this on their own? Probably not. They will surrender naturally when they have had enough pain. Only then can they begin to listen to a new way to live.
Early recovery demands direction. The alcoholic has none. They do not know what to do or how to live. This is normal. So asking for help makes sense. Treatment for alcoholism should instruct the alcoholic as to how to live. It should be a program for how to live your life without resorting to self medicating. The 12 step program attempts to do this by using steps that show the alcoholic how to manage their daily life in a spiritual manner. It is effective for some people, not so much with others. There are other paths out there.
Ultimately, if the alcoholic wants to recover, then they need to find a new path in recovery that allows them to create an entirely new life, one with passion and purpose. If they do not find real purpose in recovery then they will eventually return to drinking, because although it was a bit hollow, drinking had real purpose for the alcoholic. It did give some meaning to life, even though it was not much. So you have to replace that in recovery. This needs to be part of the treatment process.
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