Where abouts in the world are you seemedrink? While I can understand your concerns I don't think having this 'on your record' can ever be a problem. Also in the UK, I am pretty sure that your A&E records don't automatically sync with your doctors records and I have also seen a doctor at a specialist addiction agency and they did not forward any notes on to my doctor. There are ways of doing this without going directly through your family doctor. You need to find out what resources are available in your area though. There will be stuff you haven't heard of before or considered an option. A good way of finding out about these things is to go to a local AA meeting. You'll meet people there who will know
everything available in your area and will have plenty of advice. Glad you're here. Stick around
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