You are going to have to be a real blockhead to go through alcohol rehab and come out the same. Those guys know all there is to know about alcoholism and drug use. They know all the tricks in the book, and unless you invent a new one, you can't get past them. By the time your spell is over, you'd never want to drink another sip.
The disease theory of alcoholism is a concept that a lot of regular people and professionals in the medical community alike find to be rather appealing. Watch them, and you will find that they sometimes watch you with an eye that says they think you are really sick and should be in rehab. Hope it never has to get to that.
Smile, you don't have to be a drunk for life. An alcohol treatment center cannot be too far from where you live. Enroll; cure might take days or weeks, but it's sure to come; and it's worth the effort. You come out of it a different person.
When you have a history of addiction to liquor in your family tree, you know you can easily catch the habit yourself. Once you find you have begun to take liking for the substance, it might be a good time to seek professional help, like, say, an alcohol treatment center.
You cannot walk the precipice with alcohol. It is either you are in or you are out. A lot of folks lay claim on being able to hold their liquor, but it's only a question of time before they blow it and have rehab included in their rap sheets. With the booze, there is no half and half.
All alcohol patients in a rehabilitation center needs to focus on never drinking again. It is not that they cannot again become regular drinkers, but the risks are just way too high. Dr. D.L. Davies' 1962 research showed that only about 10% of them really succeed at this, and then only for a few years. It's just not worth it.
I was not always this calm, you know. Once upon a time I was mean, and I consumed anything that a bottle held. But after a few brushes with the law, and some time in a rehabilitation center, I have broken the trend and am now sober.
You don't have to be a drunk to be in rehab. You might be something worse, like an addict to crack or some other narcotic; or you could be better, just a person who needs a change of environment and wanted to be somewhere different.