Apr 26 2008
Alcohol Addiction
My dad has a friend who likes to drink and never a day goes by that he doesn’t touch a bottle. It is not a small amount that he takes everyday and even though the doctor has told him to stop drinking because of deteriorating health, he has stubbornly went on with his habit.
To me, he is treading dangerously when he is hardly sober every night from those drinking sessions. As age catches up, health too is a concern if one drinks vast amounts of alcohol daily. But funnily, he doesn’t think he needs help at those alcohol rehabs when it is pretty obvious something needs to be done before it is too late.
I guess when a person doesn’t recognized that help is needed or simply doesn’t care, it is indeed hard to get him to change. And if he doesn’t want to change, getting him to quit would be an uphill task with little chance of succeeding. My dad and many other friends have advised him to at least cut down on his alcohol consumption but at the end of the day, I suppose the call to quit needs to come from within. Only then, he will make a real effort to get rid of what is obviously an addiction.
Unfortunately, that is so true. If he doesn’t want to change, he never will. It’s sad.
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