Hello my brothers and sisters,
many a recovered alcoholic/addict i have befriended have told me an alcoholic wont choose recovery until they are "on their knees". Of course the exact meaning of this is different for everyone, it is basically true. For a friend of mine, sheer homelessness was not hitting bottom, but rather a seemingly less important event that happened while homeless. He couldn't deal with body/clothes odor and how an educated man(M.D.) could smell so bad. He asked himself what was different from 2 years ago when he didn't smell? No substance use, voila!!!