the addictions helpBlog

the addictions helpBlog

A disease? Moral Defeciency? Lack of Will?

Whatever it is, millions of us have "it".

Threfore, despite everything you may have heard, that equals millions of ways to treat "it"...

From Methadone to Meditation, Treatment Centers by the Sea to Downtown Detox Clinics. And meetings...and meetings...and meetings.

Or not.

The majority of Alcoholics and Addicts who quit drinking or using drugs have never seen the door of a 12-Step meeting. At the same time, millions of formerly hopeless/helpless drunks and dope fiends have found a new way of life in the rooms of N.A. and A.A. (But trust me when I tell you not to EVER bring up the topic of getting clean and sober without the 12-Steps. While denial may not be a bad word, it's not exactly a compliment.)

If you've read this far hoping that I would have an answer for your particular brand of addiction, I am sorry to dissapoint you. There are plenty who will tell you what you should do. And how you should do, where you should do, and why you should do.

Shouldy, shouldy-do.

At last count there was something like 120 "formal" 12 Step Organiziations. There are hundreds of thousands of churches and synagogues. The Drug and Alcohol Treatment industry has thousands and thousands of licensed facilites, and many more run from houses and Recovery homes. Medication advances like Suboxone and Subutex make detox safer and more comfortable. The Salvation Army has free treatment centers in practically every U.S. State. Alternatives to 12-Step programs can be found in simple Yahoo or Google searches-and there are more every day. Some rational, some not so rational...


My point, if there really is one, is that it doesn't matter what "kind" of drunk you are or the religious values buried by your addiction. You, and I, are two of millions. And absolutely, positively unique. That means there are millions of qays to get sober.

Pick one, or make your own. And let us know how it goes.

Or doesn't go.