Comment on Researching alcohol interventions for a friend. I’ve seen more ads for alcohol than ever in my life

SIGSEGV@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I’ve found with my own addictions that forcibly stopping one just causes a different one to start up.

  The real solution for me has been healing trauma, resulting in baseline consciousness not being painful.

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  • Kikkertje@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Most alcoholics use alcohol to run from difficult, unprocessed emotions. I was one of them.

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  • Stanwich@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    And weed helps…not advocating, just saying it helped.

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    • esty@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      i smoke as much as the next guy but at this point it would be replacing one vice with another

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      • Huxleywaswrite@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        But it’s replacing it with a much less destructive one, which can be beneficial

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    • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Different people react to it differently and for some it’s very positive. It may depend what the underlying stressor is. People who have chronic pain often respond well to THC/CBD.

      And it certainly has fewer ill effects than booze.

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  • SIGSEGV@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Many of the programs recommend therapy first. No one wants to drink themselves to death, even though it feels like that sometimes.

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• rbesfe@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  AA always gave off bad vibes to me because of the whole “surrender to a higher power” shtick

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  • mayo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Lots of secular AA groups out there

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    • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      It’s hard to know which are really secular. Some folks think that calling it “a higher power” makes it secular. A fig leaf over the word “god” doesn’t do it for me.

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    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Not in Texas seemingly lol

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      • TheCrawlingKingSnake@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Lots of secular groups on zoom.

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  • SIGSEGV@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Same, but the community was great. Being around people that understand is so beneficial.

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• ZombieTheZombieCat@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Absolutely. There has to be some little glimmer of already wanting to quit for them to take the help seriously. I would absolutely recommend AlAnon as well. You can’t just force someone into treatment, and that’s pretty much what interventions try to do, on top of making the person feel guilt and shame which likely is why they drink in the first place. Being able to have a one on one, calm conversation about how the person is affecting themselves and others is probably a good route, because people often do not recognize they have a problem in the first place. It would not be surprising for it to end with the person getting angry and storming out, but it plants the seed in a more reasonable way than having everyone they know cornering them, humiliating them, and saying “go to rehab now or we never speak to you again.”

  Source: in recovery, worked in the field.

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  • SIGSEGV@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The guilt and shame is brutal, and shouldn’t be used to try to change someone into behaving better. It’s like spanking you kids, which is illegal now (at least whew I’m at).

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• Scientician@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Can 100% support Al-Anon. Great program.

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  +1 AlAnon is a good program. It shows how deeply ingrained alcohol is in our society that we have support programs just for people who know an alcoholic.

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