5 days of a detox with librium is ridiculously short when a lifetime of drinking is to be treated.Just as one gets ones head around the fact they can NEVER drink the librium is gone.Every single person at my detox centre went and drank after detox.
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LaurieShay17 Jun 2011
Hey notox,
I recommend getting counseling along with a treatment like antabuse if necessary. Going to meetings such as Alcoholics Anonymous is very very helpful. Having the support of other recovering alcoholics is paramount. You are correct in that a short term detox is not going to solve the problem. On going treatment such as AA is necessary.
Alcoholism is a life long recovery process. Stopping the drinking is just the first step. So detox helps with the first step. The following steps are probably the most difficult but most important. That is developing the tools to stay sober. A support group like AA will help you develop those tools.
Give it some thought and let me know what ya think,
Laurie
Mary63200917 Jun 2011
Laurie is right about couseling. You can't add drugs to the mix. It's just substituting one habit for another! You have to have made up your mind you do not want this in your life, & then do everything possible to make that happen. Be it inpatient to dry out, then counseling, AA, etc... Have your loved ones attend Al-Anon meetings so they can understand your situation too. Moral support is very important. It is a very fine edge you are walking, & you need all the assitance & help you can get. If you are really asking about a time line, it is different for each person . It's more of admitting the problem which you apparently have, & then doing what is necesaary to keep clean from this disease. We are always here for moral support my friend. Just my thoughts...
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slbasketcase, It's ok. I just friended you, & if you friend me back we can talk. I think I have some insight for you. I have been where you are.
AA is fine if you can stand the pious longtime 'sober'.There's a lot of really unbalanced people who've not drunk for decades and they'll tell you tons of stuff about yourself!Al-Anon is awful.Telling folk to dump their loved ones.Counselling is fine if you get a good therapist but some are housewives who've done a short course and are clueless about addiction.Costs as well.
perhaps the only solution is self-love.you don't want to trash yourself anymore?