Alcoholism Addiction Treatment

I’m addicted to alcohol, and I want to stop now. It’s just that, everytime I do, I experience withdrawal symptoms, and it ***** big time. I have nobody to talk to about this because most of my friends are alcohol addicts too, and they have no plans of stopping. My parents are both away, in another country, and I’m not exactly close to any other relative. I just want someone to talk to.

Asked by:citlally t_e

Hey guys. I had my first drink 4 months ago by myself at home, and loved the feeling. From then on Ive been craving a drink every weekend, not because my body needs the alcohol to not be in withdrawal, but because I feel like Im finally relaxed when Im drunk, and it gives me a release. Ive stolen from my parents to get money to get alcohol, even if I know they’ll be suspicious it was me. Ivde been caught 4 times and can’t stop thinking about it. I have never gotten drunk around my friends. The reason is I can never stop at just 2 shots. I have to go all the way until I can barely walk. When I start, I cant stop until I pass out or throw up. I literally almost died once from alcohol poisoning and was passed out for 16 hours and was throwing up in my sleep, but my mind still craves it.

During the school year it only became an issue during weekends since I was occupied during weekdays, but now Im on summer break, and Im afraid Im going to drink every day and become an extreme alcoholic before school starts again.

My reason(s) why I think Im mentally addicted: Ive been going through severe and sometimes suicidal depression throughout the past 6 months, tried to get help, but that ended up backfiring on me, so I just try to deal with it by myself. I resently took myself off my prescribed Zoloft because I read up on it and I know for a fact I was addicted to it. I dropped off of it 6 weeks ago and am still going through Zoloft withdrawl for that. I seem to have a high mental tendency for addiction, for no reason at all. For example, Ive smoked weed 3 times, and **** the feeling, but I keep wanting moer because it’s a release. I hope you guys can understand.

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The story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was written in the 19th century. This was a time when scientific advances were rapid and new discoveries taking place within a short space of time. This is also known as the post Darwinian Period. At the time people where still recovering from the previously published book by Darwin, ‘’Origin of Species’’. This basically depicted us as being descended from apes and being just the product of evolution, which contradicted all religious texts and beliefs. However, towards the end of the 19th century, within the post-Darwinian perspective, scientists such as Freud were also beginning to examine various influences on human morality and character including drug and alcohol addiction, multiple personality disorder, and regressive animality. These are questionable influences in the novella written by Stevenson and possible drives behind the writing.
One of the ways Stevenson portrays Hyde’s character is through his appearance. In the opening chapter when he is first sighted by Enfield he is described as ‘Some Damned Juggernaut ‘, as well as ‘not like man’. This puts across a huge sense of deformity in his figure and posture. Just from the word damned we the reader can deduce that he is evil and malicious. This suggests he is condemned or doomed to eternal punishment, beyond just this life and into the afterlife. We can further analyse that the term ‘juggernaut’ makes us see him as overpowering, destructive and warmongering.
Stevenson continues to describe his disturbing character with relations to being an ape.
‘’ In an ape like fury’’ ‘’Hairy Hands’’ are examples of this. From this we can ratiocinate that he is so different in figure and appearance that it is immediately distinguishable from anyone else. This also raised a chance for debate in the readers mind as at the time the theories of Darwin were still questionable, and these ideas about his appearance fuelled the opportunity for people to think about current affairs, it shows how it must have been quite a topical subject of the time if it is linked into fictional writing. Due to this profound popularity, Stevenson can show the disturbing character by relating it to current affairs in the real world making the reader have a closer connection to the ideas of Hyde’s character.

Stevenson continues to present Hyde as a disturbing character using the surroundings and locality. An example of this is the back door to Jekylls home home; it is a good reflection of the personality and appearance of Hyde. ‘Shabby and dilapidated ‘. This is closely collated to Hyde’s description of ‘scruffy and scrummy ‘. ‘Blistered and distained ‘also closely relates to Hyde’s character. Mr Hyde’s life is blistered and his soul distained due to the evil and sense of trepidation he emits into others around him. This is a very powerful effect used by Stevenson to show the disturbing character of Mr Hyde.
In the beginning of the story when Jekyll has relative control over Hyde his windows in his home are described as ‘Always shut and clean’. This is a reflection of Jekyll and shows how organised and civilised he is in the beginning and that his hold onto reality is quite tight. However as the story progresses and Jekylls grip on Hyde begins to weaken the windows are described as ‘Dusty and barred with iron ‘. The dusty description shows how he is starting to loose his grip over normality and how everything which he would normally do is dissolve. Everything which he once new in the past is starting to be covered over and gather dust suggesting he has moved on from what he once was. The iron bars make us ratiocinate a secretive sort of character which is evident in the story, as he begins to lock himself in his cabinet more often and be concealed from his friends and servants. All his deeds and actions are carried out secretly and this has made the reader become much more sceptical on his intentions.

The disturbing character of Hyde is reinforced further by the acts and deeds he commits during the novella. Right from the beginning the disturbing character is shown as he tramples over a young girl almost as if it was ok to do so. ‘Trampled calmly over the child’s body ‘. In this situation Hyde is seen as a monster and malicious, because he has done something as terrible as trampling an innocent girl much younger then himself, but not just the fact he did it but he did it with calm, as if she was almost unimportant and not noticeable. The fact he does it calmly is a contradiction in itself but this links onto further deeds suggesting this psychotic behaviour which plagues him. How he can do all these things with such cool as if it was all normal is unperceivable.

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I need some quick and hard facts from credible sources on underage drinking in China.
stuff like “____ many underage teens suffer from alcohol addiction”
or “_____ vendors have admitted to have sold to underage teens”

if there are too many reasons, give me websites, which may even be better. i need this for a speech im giving, please help thanks!

Asked by:Monkeychow

go into treatment centers..sometimes for months. Yet people who are withdrawing from medications for depression and/or anxiety are expected to go on with their normal lives, working, functioning as if everything was normal. When people withdraw from anti-depressants, they experience horrible withdrawal symptoms, often for months. Shouldn’t they also be admitted to a treatment center or hospital until they can function normally?
If people admit themselves to the hospital without a referral from their doctor, they could be in jeopardy of losing their job. It should be routine to offer a patient a referral to a hospital or rehab center when withdrawing from anti-depressants.

Asked by:Daisy

okay like WHATDAFXUP? (whatever its called) they have all these commercials that are really up to date and easy to relate to and they always have correct information to back up their arguments. like with tobacco companys and such. i think its really nice but i have an alcoholic mother and i have never seen an anti-alcohol commercial except like, Bacardi’s “drink responcibly” or whatever. i think anti-smoking commercials are way more harsh than that. and i think that all alcoholics out there need a bit of guilt. i dont **** my mom for her addiction. i **** the fact that its so hard for her to accept the fact that she needs help because in her mind what she is doing is normal… just like smoking, alcoholism can cause many physical issues and makes some people act really aggressive. many people try to take my theory and say that im being too harsh and they water-down the word alcohol into “just having a few drinks and having a good time” i dont want to see answrs like th

Asked by:philly cheese steak

How do you define an addictive substance?

I.e Cocaine does not have terrible physical withdrawal symptoms but few would argue that it is not physically addictive.

Cannabis also has no terrible withdrawal symptoms but most conclude that it is psychologically addictive but not physically addictive.

Alcohol: is it an addictive substance or a disease as the AA claim?

How do you define addiction?

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My dad lost his job because he was caught in the office drinking alcoholic beverages. This circumstance, instead of pushing him to change, only got him to drink more. He’s been taking swigs from the bottle every now and then. Just last week, my mom has had enough and just decided to leave us. I guess this is what got my dad’s attention. I have seen him resisting alcohol, but I guess the withdrawal symptoms are just too much for him to bear. Now he wants to change already and get himself treated. I want to find addiction treatment centers for him. How?

Asked by:abril 3xi

My husband is currently undergoing treatment for gambling addiction and alcohol addiction. As part of his treatment he has to keep a diary. I know I shouldn’t have – but I read part of it. He has been withdrawn from me and has hardly talked to me at all this weekend. In his diary he said that he felt ‘unmoved’ when he saw me this weekend an that he is thinking about whether he wants to be with me. I have put up with his infidelity and other horrendous things and I feel stunned by the fact that he doesn’t know if he can stay with me when I have stayed with him through everything.

Asked by:litchick

Im a 21 yo guy who has been sober from alcohol and marijuana for almost 60 days besides relapsing on marijuana twice. I did drink daily from 17 -18 but sometime after turning 19 I drank in binges usually 3 -5 times a week, the pot was aalways daily but i was doing both for about 5 years. I seem to get mood swings frequently and some other mental health symptoms like depression and anxiety. Is this part of recovering? Do i need to give it more time? Im not getting any outside help. should i? and like wat kind of help?

Asked by:mike k