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Family member going into treatment center for Alcohol addiction - Advice?

  • 03-06-2017 12:22pm
    #1
    PLL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭


    As the title says. Any advice for the person going in on appropriate/support things to say. Anyone been in a similar situation to myself that can share their experience.

    Many Thanks.


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  • #2
    Persephone kindness
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭Persephone kindness


    It depends on whether it's out patient or in patient. Refrain from drinking your self. If they are in patient you will have to be free to attend their counseling sessions if you are immediate family. Write letters.

    A lot of it can seem unfair as they keep telling you that you must be non judgemental. Etc but right now it is the best advice. Just be non judgemental. Loving. And if you need to vent. Don't vent to them. Keep a diary or something :) Good luck!


  • #3
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Don't put any pressure or expectation on their issues to be handled promptly. Some people who go into those treatment centres expect it to be a short stay and to glide through it. It's going to be incredibly difficult for them.

    Don't be concerned with thinking whether or not you are going to "trigger" them. Their drinking should not be your problem.


  • #4
    supersheeps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭supersheeps


    Look after yourself while they're in there-if the treatment centre offer any family counselling, take them up on it. They will have all the help possibly available to them, but you'll need the professional help to understand what they've been through. When my partner was in rehab, the hardest part for me was afterwards; he had a very successful stay, came out sober and so well prepared for his new life. However, I really struggled because I had convinced myself that all our/my problems were due to his drinking, that if he just stopped, everything would be perfect. It wasn't, because I was emotionally f***ed-up in my own way, and it took a long time to come to terms with that.
    Just let them know that you love them and support them. Oh, and don't bring a huge bag of chocolate and sweets in when visiting, alcoholics tend to get desperate sugar cravings when drying out, and my partner ate a week's worth of sweets in one evening, as did a few of his housemates, and they all got quite sick!


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