Alcoholism Recovery

The one thing you certainly need to be aware of is that there is definitely life without alcohol and you can certainly make a full recovery from alcohol addiction if you commit to it and really focus on making recovery your number one priority.

Throughout this article I’m going to provide you with a lot of different tips and tricks to help you recover from alcohol abuse and really overcome this difficult-to-deal-with problem. So don’t worry because you definitely aren’t alone and if you really want to help yourself then please take this advice and put it to good use so that you can finally beat your alcohol addiction for good.

First Step towards Recovery

The first step I would suggest you take when recovering from alcohol addiction is to make a complete evaluation of your life and alcohol’s role in it. So make it a point to take some time right now to list all of the benefits that you believe you receive from drinking, and then list all of the benefits that you believe you would get from not drinking.

The next thing you need to do is make a list of all of the things that drinking has cost you over the years. Follow that up with a list of things you believe that not drinking will cost you. So take some time now to do this exercise so you can get a good grasp of where you stand regarding alcohol and potentially quitting drinking it.

Some Examples to Help you would be – For the benefits of drinking, you might believe that drinking is great because it helps you forget about any problems you might have. You could possibly believe that you only drink because you’re really having a very good time and it’s the only way you know how to have fun. Or the next thing you might tell yourself is that you had a stressful day and you deserve to kick back and relax and having some drinks is going to be the best way to do that.

Some examples of benefits of not drinking alcohol are that you will definitely be able to improve your relationships. You will feel a lot better physically, and you’ll also even feel a lot less stressed out so you’ll feel better mentally as well. You’ll be able to do a lot of the activities that you stopped doing once drinking took over your life, so you’ll be able to spend more time with people that you care about.

Some examples of the costs of drinking are that drinking has caused major troubles in a lot of your relationships. Drinking makes you feel really ashamed of the things you do while you are drunk. It makes you feel anxious and it is also a depressant so it obviously makes you feel depressed as well. Drinking can also put your job in jeopardy and make you ignore the responsibilities that you have.

Some of the costs of not drinking are that you’ll have to learn how to deal with your problems sober. You will not be able to hang out with any of your friends that you used to drink with. You’re going to have to finally face the responsibilities that you’ve been ignoring for potentially years at this point.

Okay, now you have a good idea of exactly where you stand regarding alcoholism recovery. Anybody can recover, and it’s really important that they know some of the things that might be blocking them from reaching it. As long as you answered all of these questions honestly and to the best of your knowledge then you can use this information to work out a plan that will help you recover from alcohol addiction and prevent you from sabotaging yourself a lot further.

Joining a Recovery Treatment Program?

I know that most people claim that you should immediately get into some kind of a recovery program, or that you should at least go to Alcoholics Anonymous. I personally say that you should join up with each and every one of these organizations if you don’t feel like you’ll be able to do it on your own. Or, if you believe you’ll be able to do it on your own but you just haven’t been capable of doing it so far, then it’s probably a good idea to seek out the help of others because you obviously need it.

So judge to the best of your ability whether you need to get into some kind of alcoholism recovery program. I am all for it and they are great programs and they obviously work, but I just don’t believe that every single person needs them in order to kick their addiction.