Most people would have a hard time determining exactly when alcohol abuse becomes alcoholism. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) used by many practitioners, when it’s alcohol abuse, a person is suffering harm from their drinking but they go on with the habit. But when its alcoholism, according to the alcohol abuse DSM, the person would also suffer withdrawal sickness and pain. If the person never tries to stop drinking they may never find out if they would go through withdrawal or not.

And so a damaging drinking habit can go on for years, actually being alcoholism, and never being addressed. The drinking may be able to delude himself (or herself) that he can “handle” the amount of alcohol being consumed.

The truth of the matter is that when there is damage being experienced and the drinker shows no signs of curtailing the drinking, that person needs help. The sooner help can be provided; the more certain it is that the drinker will avoid harm from alcohol poisoning, accident or injury, or arrest.

Finding The Right Kind Of Help

In the US, there are more than ten thousand choices of rehabs. Nearly every rehab service will deal with alcoholism. But the methods vary so greatly that some evaluation is needed before making a choice.

Some methods entail hundreds of meetings. Other programs will examine the drinker for secondary diagnoses that would be treated with mind-altering drugs. And some will prescribe drugs for the drinker that would make him or her sick when alcohol is consumed.

In other rehabilitation services, a person is told that they will be forever addicted and that they are powerless against the addiction. While some people find that this philosophy might keep them on their guard against relapse, many people find that this idea does not contribute to their recovery.

Isn’t there a way of recovery that doesn’t take forever and results in an improvement of the person’s own ability to live sober? There is, and in most cases recovery can be accomplished in just three to six months.

Introducing The Narconon Arrowhead Rehabilitation Program

The Narconon Arrowhead drug and alcohol rehabilitation program is located near McAlester, Oklahoma and helps people from all over the country regain their sobriety. It is a long-term rehabilitation program that most people complete in a few months although some people may have suffered more damage and take longer. Since the Narconon Arrowhead rehab program is one price no matter how long it takes, a person in recovery can afford to be more thorough.

This program is holistic, meaning that it addresses the individual both physically, mentally and emotionally, rather than focusing only on the fact that the individual has been taking drugs or alcohol. The program helps the individual recover both from the physical impact of addiction and mental and emotional difficulties which led to or resulted from the addiction.

The Narconon Program includes not only withdrawal from drugs but also a cleansing procedure to free the individual from the chemical contamination of past substance abuse. As well it contains life skill courses to help restore the person's sense of self-worth and personal integrity and to provide knowledge for use in building a drug-free life.

This program is offered in many parts of the world and is an alternative method of treatment different from Narconon Anonymous or similar 12-Step programs and from programs which treat addiction by providing alternative drugs. At the Narconon Arrowhead facility, those in recovery can enjoy the rural setting overlooking a beautiful lake and the rolling hills of southern Oklahoma.

When someone you care about is struggling with alcoholism, you don’t have to enroll them for endless meetings or long terms of medications. The program that results in a success rate of 70% is available to you and your loved one. Find out how the whole program works today by calling an Intake Counselor at 1-800-468-6933.

Click here for more information on Narconon meetings.

References:

http://www.alcoholcostcalculator.org/business/about/dsm.html
http://www.who.int/gho/alcohol/en/