When a friend becomes an alcoholic, you may be left wondering what to do. How can you help this person when it seems that all they care about is drinking. They seem to have left the world behind. What can you do for an alcoholic? Some options are confronting them yourself about entering treatment or even trying to form an intervention of close friends. The truth is that there is nothing you can do to make anyone do anything. One of beliefs in Alcoholics Anonymous is that a person may have to hit rock bottom before they are ready to be treated.
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There's only one thing I could ever say,
about the way I felt that day.
The day we sat with coloring books,
and kept laughing at our funny looks. ...
The poem was wonderful. People who have never had problems do not understand. I had a bad drinking problem a very long time ago. I was lucky enough to overcome the problem and become the...
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You say you're here for me and others,
You say you're here for me and my brother,
I didn't think you would lie,
Telling me never to cry,...
It's a sneaky little thing
That comes without a call.
When you think you have it conquered,
Is when you lose it all....
After taking my first drink at 10 1/2 it quickly became my best friend and lover. Being 21 and a week short of 2 years in recovery without any drink or drug, I came to see through trying to...
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Another day of life by the drop.
I pray to lord, help me stop.
I awake in pain, feeling shame....
I'm 10 years sober in total now. I tried to drink sensibly but to no avail. Finding AA was my one and only saviour. Acceptance and surrender really worked for me. One day at a time there,...
drip drop
the concoction of squished up white grapes
and alcohol blend into a golden liquid
that by the looks of,
I am 14 years old. I was diagnosed as an alcoholic at 13. Please, please, for me, don't pick up that bottle. It's ruined my life. Use me as a lesson.
Behind those eyes,
who would see the pain that lies inside,
secrets she only wish she could deny.
But don't runaway little girl,...
Well done! I love this. You are very brave. You have a special quality inside you. Hold onto it and never forget who you are. Lots of love.
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When people drink and drive they "think" they drive better, Just like when they get high; but your mental stabilities are a lot weaker then they think... a drunk driver hit my mother running...
I can see the anger in his eyes
And the alcohol rushing through his veins...
I can see the pump of his heart...
Don't ever give up on your dad. I'm 31 years old I just lost my dad to alcohol a week ago. He drank all my life we tried to help him quit so many times. He was a functioning alcoholic for a...
I remember you crying out my name
begging for help again and again
I should never had said for you to come
now I see that choice was really dumb...
I drink all day and half the night.
I drink to drown out the pain from last nights smash.
I drink in hopes of falling into a coma.
Maybe I could find prince charming....
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