| As an alcoholic and addict that's had around 7 | | | | problem. It's only when they can face the fact |
| years of continued sobriety, I have to begin this | | | | that their life has become unmanageable because |
| article by saying that there is nothing in my life | | | | of their addiction, that they are desperate enough |
| today that a drink or drug would make better. It | | | | to seek a solution. |
| wasn't always like this though, and I once thought | | | | Statistics show that 1 in every 10 people has |
| that escaping into a hazy crazy world of alcoholic | | | | some form or alcohol or drug dependency and |
| madness was the answer to all of my problems. | | | | there are no signs of it getting any better. |
| You see, ever since my adolescent years I have | | | | Alcoholics and addicts have a disease that centers |
| been what can only be described as an egomaniac | | | | in the mind, and a body that craves for more of |
| with an inferiority complex, so it was little wonder | | | | the same once their drug of choice enters into |
| that I found oblivion an attractive state of being. | | | | their blood stream. Having no mental defense |
| One of the major problems that many alcoholics | | | | means that education on its own is useless. |
| and addicts have is that they are self centered, | | | | Therefore, it's little wonder that so many folks |
| self seeking, and selfish. Anyone that is trapped in | | | | from all walks of life become victims to drugs and |
| a world of self absorbance can never truly be | | | | alcohol. |
| happy, and unhappy people often do things and | | | | The most successful solution, which has literally |
| take things that help them to change the way | | | | worked for millions of people world wide, is the |
| they feel. With so many natural and unpleasant | | | | fellowship of Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous |
| characteristics, does this mean that alcoholics and | | | | otherwise known as AA and NA respectively. |
| addicts are bad people? The answer is a simple | | | | Being a fellowship means that there is safety and |
| no. In fact many of these addictive personality | | | | support in numbers. Most recovering alcoholics and |
| types are warmer, and often more talented than | | | | addicts will tell you that something happens in |
| Joe Average. The difference is that their mind | | | | those meeting rooms which lifts away their |
| tells them this just isn't so, and they therefore | | | | obsession to drink or use. They have something |
| take a path of self destruction which often | | | | together that they don't have by themselves. No |
| wrecks, not only their own lives, but the lives of | | | | one quite knows why it works so well, only that it |
| those closest to them. | | | | does, and most don't try to analyze it further |
| THERE IS A SOLUTION | | | | than that. |
| Yes there is. There is most definitely a solution to | | | | Some addicts and alcoholics have gone so far |
| those that reach out for help. Unfortunately, most | | | | down the track that they may have to be |
| addicts need to hit rock bottom before they | | | | hospitalized or placed in a treatment center |
| throw in the towel. It isn't until they become as | | | | before committing to any fellowship, but once |
| desperate as only the dying can be that they | | | | dried out and cleaned up, some begin to really see |
| admit to themselves the nature of their malady. | | | | the errors of they ways and embark on a new |
| Oversensitive to the extreme, many alcoholics | | | | life that they never imagined possible. |
| and addicts tend to feel more than they think, | | | | So, there is a solution, and the above touches on |
| and consequently believe the world is against | | | | just a couple of the most successful, but some |
| them, especially when their nearest and dearest | | | | manage to find other ways to recover. However, |
| attempt to talk to them about their problem. | | | | anyone wanting to get clean and sober will only |
| Addicts and alcoholics need to hear if from within | | | | succeed if they want it enough. Recovery works, |
| before they can finally accept they have a real | | | | but you have to work it. |