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Alcohol Abuse
No one working in the field of alcoholism treatment today would suggest an outright ban on drinking. When "Prohibition" laws were enacted in 1919, the attempt quickly proved to be a spectacular failure. But many people now working on research into the roots of alcoholism might suggest that some individuals are born with a predilection to become alcoholics. Just imagine: such people could avoid the disease of addiction completely simply by never taking the first drink!
Unfortunately, science hasn't yet discovered a test to conclusively identify the potential alcoholics among us. All we can do today is help those who have already been affected by the disease. In doing so, two problems stand in the way of helping alcoholics recover: denial and relapse. Both have extremely strong emotional underpinnings.
DENIAL: Some people simply refuse to believe their drinking (and the problems it creates) is out of control. Even if they admit to drinking "too much" on occasion, they are convinced they can stop drinking any time they choose-they just don't choose to do so yet. They are virtually blind to the connection between their drinking and the chaos in their lives (physical symptoms, social problems, legal issues, etc.). Because they don't believe they are ill, they don't feel they need treatment.
RELAPSE: Even after successful treatment, some alcoholics may experience a "slip" or relapse. If this happens, it isn't proof that treatment doesn't work, or that the individual is "hopeless." For many recovering alcoholics, it takes more than one attempt at recovery to achieve long-term sobriety. Again, mastery of any new skill requires repetition and practice.
This is one of the reasons Executive Sober Living was founded: because people need time to put the skills and strategies they've learned in treatment to work in their day-to-day lives. Returning too soon to the people, places and things that were tied to drinking can be difficult and dangerous. The emotional and psychological "pull" of the disease is so intense, recovery usually doesn't come quickly or easily. We want to provide busy, driven people the support they require to let the seeds planted in treatment begin to take root and grow.
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