Press,
I think it is hard for folks to quit being a drunk when they feel like there is nothing left to lose.
Maybe they are alone, unemployed etc.
For me, I have a family I am accountable to, a great job, and a nice retirement to look forward to.
If a person is still young and drinking, without a job working towards a pension, it could seem like an impass.
I can't offer insight there because I have had steady work since I was 17. I drank the whole time and pushed my life force hard and nearly to the breaking point before I quit.
I tell every younger person that asks or i feel i can help, that we have to be prepared to work hard for at least 15 to 30 years, saving diligently the whole time.
In that time, we develop a lifestyle that can eventually be supported by our savings.
This is Life 101.
It takes suffering and self discipline.
This is the typical way I know and live.
I understand we are all different, many here are on ADs. I can't relate to folks taking pills. It alters the mind so we are going to see things differently.
Are you mixing booze and meds?
Thanks.