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Urgent help for an alcoholic

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  • #52
    Dark Phoenix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Dark Phoenix


    I hope your ok OP, while it’s noble to try and help this person it’s most important to help yourself especially if you tend to end up in the care taker role.
    Lots of suggestions And resources have been supplied. While the person you are trying to help might be a technophobe There is no rational or logical reason they cannot learn to use online resources to help them. My concern here is that in my (sadly vast) experience alcoholics are very good at making themselves at a loss and in need so that you have to step up to the plate instead of them and deliver the help they need. If they really want help (hard to gauge when they are in the middle of an episode I appreciate and know from experience), they need to make an effort to at least meet in the middle and not down tools and wait for rescue


  • #53
    willowthewisp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭willowthewisp


    Can I ask, how difficult is it to get someone into one of these centres?
    If a GP refers someone for addiction, is there long waiting lists at addiction centres?


  • #54
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,755 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    willowthewisp wrote: »
    Can I ask, how difficult is it to get someone into one of these centres?
    If a GP refers someone for addiction, is there long waiting lists at addiction centres?

    There can be but my brother got into one for alcohol addiction back in July fairly quick,cuan mhuire in Limerick, do you have an addiction counselor in your local area? find out and contact them and they should be able to help you or contact the center and ask for help, they have to want to go in as well otherwise it will not work which is what happened my brother the first time he went in. Good luck you both.


  • #55
    Intuitive
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭Intuitive


    I'm with big bag of chips here.

    I'm sure I'd want to fix things too if I were in a similar situation

    I have a relative with addiction issues too. I have read extensively on the topic and they are the the only ones who can solve this problem, unfortunately.

    It's great news that they have come to the conclusion that they have a problem. It's a great start.


  • #56
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭sporina


    OP hasn't posted in a while.. i wonder how things are..


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