dont overlook this its important please?
i have an alcohol problem and i want to get better 100% the thing is im almost out of money..im broke..i have bad withdrawl symptoms..really bad..and i wanna go to the hosptial to take care of them..sadly i need too…and then u know go AA and get thro all of this..but its not that easy…I may not be able to afford the medical care that is needed for my withdrawl..and without it its not safe..i could die..thats really scary..i know i can handle everything after the withdrawal..i plan to go to AA n do w.e it takes…my mind is set. i want to get better..i dont need to hear that i need rehab or w.e i just cant afford it…so please someone give me some hope or an idea that can help me get thro the detox part cuz i can handle the rest n cuz i wanna get better…i cant handle my life this way n e more.i wanna change…but sadly withdrawal can be serious and i dont know what to do…i need help but wat if i cant afford it…i dont want to keep drinkn to be ok..please help me!! if u can
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I wish I had more advice, but definatley go to the AA meetings, because they are going thru it too and can give you better advice. Also, if you call your doctor, or a hospital, alot times they can give you numbers to people and groups that specialize in helping you cope with quitting alltogether. It is really great that you are trying to get over this. Im sure it is a really hard thing to do. Just believe in yourself and be strong. You can do it.
i really wish i could help you i really do but i dont know how to or what to say to you. i just hope you do whats best and take care of yourself. good luck and i hope everything turns out ok for you :]
I think what you need is a really really good friend. Not one who will leave you on a Saturday night for a drink, but some one who you can talk to, can call at 4 am in the morning when you are throwing up from with drawls. My step-dad is 22 years sober. It took him stepping on my step-brothers are and fracturing it to realize he needed the help. And 22 years he has never looked back. He tried the Support groups and self withdrawal. Didn’t work. He had a great friend who he could call. He told his mother he had a problem and she was there for him. After a good 6 months he joined AA and now he cant see where he would be without them. You should look into AA and also a great friend. Talk to your parents. I know no parent wants to hear their child has an issue with alcohol but I’m sure they will be your number one supporter.
Most large cities have “free” clinics, usually staffed by resident doctors. These doctors are amazing because they are still learning and want excellent outcomes for their patients. They are getting paid very little during residency so they aren’t treating you for the money, just for the experience and, frankly, because most of them do care about their patients. You can get all the help you need at one of these sites because they will refer you to other services. And, going to AA is where you will meet others just like you and draw from their strength in overcoming their addictions.
You have gotten good answers from many at Yahoo Answers, you just need to follow through. Ultimately, only you can help yourself! You can have an amazing life once you accept the healing process. And, you can be a wonderful role model for those who still suffer from addictions. Get going, get help, get well.
Hi, I don’t know where you live and I don’t know how it works where you are, but in New York, you can admit yourself to a rehab if you have some type of insurance. If you have medicaid or something like that, you can be admitted into a general hospital if they have some sort of rehab help in their facility. In alot of states they have some kind of free insurance like Medicaid to help people who cannot afford insurance. There are no qualifications for this insurance. You have low or no income, then your able to get this. Once you find an office that you can apply for this, you get your card and insurance and walk into a center or general hospital that has a rehab program, they can walk you through the rest and Let me know if your able to find a medicaid center where you live and if you were able to find a rehab center. Things are not that hard, we just need to know what’s available to us. It’s so good to hear that someone wants to voluntarily get help. I hope this some how helped and/or gave you some answers.
There is county hospitals that will take you to detox and help with a placement to rehab you, usually at no charge. My husband was a alcoholic for 31 years and then we found each other and both had been widowed and we married and he promised that he would quit and he did. We had a great marriage of over 8 years and then he was killed by a drunk driver, driving an 18 wheeler. He went to the county hospital where we lived and they handled the dts and then we went to a group together that our local church had, he never believed in AA, but his brother, who was an alcoholic also, still goes to AA after 15 years. I know it will be rough on you but with God’s help you can overcome this problem. Good Luck..
If you’re worried about seizures, they usually don’t happen with alcohol withdrawal the first or second time unless there are other factors involved. Yes, withdrawal is awful, it’s a reminder not to do it again.
If you make it to a detox, they will want you to attend some 12step treatment if they think they can make a buck off of you or the state if you can be declared indigent. A detox may help the physical, but they will attempt to get you into a program that can mess you up mentally.
12step treatment and AA are no miracle cure. AA has a 5% success rate, the same as no treatment at all. In addition:
1) Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
2) Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
3) Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
4) Doctors Orford and Edwards found that having a doctor talk to the patient for just one hour was just as effective as a whole year of A.A.-based treatment.
5) Dr. George E. Vaillant, the A.A. Trustee, found that A.A. treatment was completely ineffective, and raised the death rate in alcoholics. No other way of treating alcoholics produced such a high death rate as did Alcoholics Anonymous. 1) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Brandsma
2) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Ditman
3) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Walsh
4) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Orford
5) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Vaillant
The thing AA is best at is promotion. If you’re serious about stopping, you have a better chance without AA.