Confessing To Alcoholism

As the title of my opening entry to this series of entries blatantly states, alcoholism is insideous. This leads to quite a few questions pertaining to when you actually became an alcoholic. This is a very grey area and varies greatly from alcoholic to alcoholic.


Generally speaking, you are the last person that you will truly admit your alcoholism to. It's all very well to admit to your family, friends and so forth but we all know talk is cheap. That's why so many people do it. 99% of the times that you tell the aforementioned parties is because your problematic drinking has been noticed and you are merely covering your tracks.


Your weightless admissions of your alcohol abuse to those close to you will only last for so long. You are abusing these people and you may never see some of them again! Sooner or later and for whatever reason(s) you will confess to yourself that you are suffering from alcohol addiction. I can only offer options of advice on my own road to alcohol recovery.


You are now at a point where you seriously want to stop drinking alcohol. There is no quick fix and there are countless methods that work for the countless number of people seeking alcohol recovery. 


Formulate a plan, on paper, on how you intend to do this. In doing so, you have just made your first concrete plan towards alcohol recovery. Don't rest on your laurels. You have a very long way to go.

In your written plan, (it doesn't have to be chronological), you will want to address alcohol detox which should, ideally, be followed by alcohol rehab. The availability of alcohol counselling vary greatly dependent on your location but I would suggest commencing alcohol counselling as soon as you are able. Again, dependent on your location, it may be some time before your admission to an alcohol detox and then an alcohol detox centre.It'sworth searching the internet for a suitable location near you.


Your alcohol counselor will be able to assess the severity of your alcoholism by subtly your symptoms of alcohol addiction and their severity. They may also be able to fast-track you into alcohol detox and alcohol rehab if your symptoms are severe. The abrupt cessation of alcohol can be fatal if attempted unsupervised. 


By admitting to yourself that you are an alcoholic and have taken the time to formulate a plan of recovery from alcohol abuse you have taken the biggest step in your alcoholism recovery....and nobody even knows about it yet.


This is the beginning of a long road ahead.