Relapsed Alcoholic? This Is for You

Hi, my name is Vivienne and my dead sister was an alcoholic. If you've fallen off the wagon (again), you don't want to hear about the latest alcohol health and safety statistics or the merits of various treatment programs -- you've probably heard all that before. I am here to give you FIVE messages of hope and encouragement to help you get back on the road to recovery as soon as possible. Five things I wish my sister had known before alcoholism killed her at 51 years old, two and a half years ago. First, let me tell you about Coral -- my bright, beautiful, fun-loving sister. Alcohol seduced Coral in her teens, charming her with the promise of confidence and freedom. It gave her permission to be the person she wanted to be, without guilt or anxiety, and she loved it for that. By her early 20s, Coral was a divorced, single mum and alcohol had become her best friend, always there to make her feel warm inside. During her 30s, drinking was an all day anaesthetic for life's stresses and disappointments, numbing her on the inside while she functioned on the outside. By Coral's 40s, the disease was casting a darker shadow, eclipsing the remnants of her own volition -- gradually (and then not so gradually) unhooking her from daily routines, from bills, from phone calls, from alarm clocks, from eating, dressing, washing, from day and night. Like you, Coral's addiction involved multiple factors. I believe the pivotal one for her -- and the most widely recognised psychological ca...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news