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Originally Posted by shortandcute
@hellion, while I agree with people helping out, there d0es c0me a time when people have to do something for themselves. Being a recovering alcoholic myself, and coming from a long line of alcoholics & addicts--and having been married to an alcoholic--I learned from experience that, no matter how much you help a person, if they don't want to be sober, they won't do it. My late husband had all kinds of "help" from people who were trying to "get him sober," but he just didn't want it, and he died of a heart attack brought on by a combination of meth and a very high alcohol level. He took total advantage of people trying to "sober him up." On top of that, he was disabled so the state would pay for his detox. So he spent a lot of in rehab also, where people would take care of him.
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Well of course one has to want sobriety to get there....but wanting sobriety doesn't get rid of the addiction that is still something the individual has to fight through treatment and such. And sometimes attempts are unsuccessful and addicts relapse...so it really can be an ongoing battle.
Also though since a lot of people get addicted to drugs through self medication, I think those people probably need some kind of meds to help the problem they were self medicating...so being entirely 'drug free' may not be the best approach for all addicts. I personally think medicinal marijuana has a lot of potential for this because it could probably help with withdrawls and it can be use to treat conditions people self medicate. But as I said I like the idea of harm reduction for those who really can't go totally drug free. Also perhaps the idea of complete sobriety is intimidating to people with addictions so harm reduction may be a better place to start in moving towards sobriety.
One other thing is obviously people in general don't always have the skills to 'help' someone with a problem like addiction, so that is why we need treatment facilities with professionals who are trained to help.