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I was a hard core alcoholic for 17 years. I got sober and stayed sober in AA. The concept there is that I was powerless over alcohol. Meaning I could not possibly quit under my own power. I needed lots of help. So in my opinion your father has to really want to stop for himself and get help to do it. I was powerless because the mental obsession to start drinking was bigger than my will power to not drink. Once I started, on most occasions, I could not stop. There is actually a biological reason for the not being able to stop part.
With my Dad we did a professional intervention and it worked. Look it up.
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The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman
Major Depressive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun.
Recovering Alcoholic and Addict
Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide.
Male, 50
Fetzima 80mg
Lamictal 100mg
Remeron 30mg for sleep
Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back
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