Q&A: can a person go to rehab and after 6 years start drinking again?
Question by Rechelle: can a person go to rehab and after 6 years start drinking again?
if your significant other went to rehab for alcohol 6 years ago, do you think there is a way they can start drinking again safely? or will they return to their previous ways?
Best answer:
Answer by jassim m
The drunk people alwways lost their mind. After going to rehab they can start drinking and they will return to thier old way
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August 28th, 2010 at 9:55 am
An alcoholic remains an alcoholic for life. There isn’t a “safe” amount of alcohol that they can consume ever. If that person were capable of drinking without it being a problem, then there would never have been a need for rehab. They did go to rehab though, and it was obviously for a reason. If they have successfully abstained from alcohol for 6 years, then that is a wonderful accomplishment! It would be such a shame to undue all that hard work, and seemingly “start over”, by “trying” to start drinking “safely”. It’s NOT worth it!!
August 28th, 2010 at 10:43 am
Ask Alcoholics Anonymous. They will tell you ONE drink is too much, and one hundred not enough when it comes to being an alcoholic. The person will ALWAYS be an alcoholic, and they only way to stay “sober” is to avoid any alcohol forever. No ifs, ands, or buts.
Any addict needs to totally avoid the object of their addiction if they are going to avoid the same problems all over again. Some addictive type personalities just change the object of their addiction, not realising its the exact same thing.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:03 am
They could drink within a week, but yes they would probably return to their previous ways…
August 28th, 2010 at 11:37 am
Yes it is, it is also possible that he will screw up again. I think the best solution is for the two of you to sit down and talk about it now. But first read “Alcoholism Isn’t What It Used To Be”:
http://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/features/alcoholism.aspx
and:
United States Changes Its Mind on Addiction – It’s Not a Chronic Brain Disease After All
http://www.peele.net/blog/091120.html
Among the findings of the NESARC (interviews with over 43,000 people, based on the criteria for alcohol dependence found in the DSM-IV):
* Many heavy drinkers do not have alcohol dependence. For example, even in people who have 5 or more drinks a day (the equivalent of a bottle of wine) the rate of developing dependence is less than 7 percent per year.
* Most persons who develop alcohol dependence have mild to moderate disorder, in which they primarily experience impaired control. For example, they set limits and go over them or find it difficult to quit or cut down. In general, these people do not have severe alcohol-related relationship, health, vocational or legal problems.
* About 70 percent of affected persons have a single episode of less than 4 years. The remainder experience an average of five episodes. Thus, it appears that there are two forms of alcohol dependence: time-limited, and recurrent or chronic.
* Although 22 is the average age when alcohol dependence begins, the onset varies from the mid-teens to middle age.
* Twenty years after onset of alcohol dependence, about three-fourths of individuals are in full recovery; more than half of those who have fully recovered drink at low-risk levels without symptoms of alcohol dependence.
* About 75 percent of persons who recover from alcohol dependence do so without seeking any kind of help, including specialty alcohol (rehab) programs and AA. Only 13 percent of people with alcohol dependence ever receive specialty alcohol treatment.
Alcohol information and treatment in this country has been controlled by Alcoholics Anonymous and its followers for over 50 years. Most of what we “know” about alcoholism comes from AA dogma. AA does not improve on the rate of natural remission (quitting on ones own) and has been shown to have more severe consequences for those who fail after 12step treatment. AA has enjoyed this monopoly mainly because no one else wanted to deal with drunks.The 12step treatment industry in the US is a $10 billion a year money maker, they have no interest in facts which would negatively affect their income.
I’m a mental health care worker who works primarily with those who have coexisting substance abuse issues. I’ve been sober since 8/4/01, without AA.