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Is abstinence the only solution? / How much treatment is enough?
I have been to three alcohol treatment programs in the last 6 years. 2 were outpatient programs (1 was court ordered) and 1 was a 28 day rehab program. All programs focused on abstinence as the only possible goal worth working for. I am not abstinent, in fact I am currently quite far from it (haha). Should I take my repeated inability to maintain abstinence as a sign that this type of treatment doesn’t work for me? My drinking is getting out of control again so I think I need to get things in check but I am tired of beating my head against this same brick wall over and over again and expecting different results to come of it. If abstinence based hasn’t worked for me 3 times now should I accept that it’s probably never going to and try to find someone to help me just get things more under control?
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What exactly is a man in his mid 70s who is drinking too much supposed to do. My uncle retired only a couple of years ago but since he did he’s come adrift and all he does every day now is sit in the local hole in the wall bar and drink quarts of beer from mid morning onward. I’ve talked to him about it and he says he knows he’s got a bit of a problem but he doesn’t know what to do about it. He’s a really good man but he’s a bit cranky and set in his ways he’s just not going to do well in any situation with younger people like AA. He’s not well off but he needs some help and I am not sure he should be living on his own really. What can a senior citizen on a pension do when he needs serious help with his drinking?
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