Addiction, how to fix it?

Question

I've been an alcohol addict for the past 5 months. The peak is over, in which I drank 20+ standard drinks per day. I've cut that in half, and a little bit more, to 7 drinks per day, but I'm still not functioning in society.

I haven't felt satisfaction in my life in 10 years, and I've been in a depression since then. Alcohol is the only thing that makes it easier.

I work as little as possible, only doing it so I can buy more alcohol. My liver is now cirhottic, and on the brink of failing entirely.

I've had those tell me that I can't drink enough to eliminate all of the problems that I've tried and failed for so long to fix. My response to that is when I die from drinking, which I'm sure is just around the corner, at that point, alcohol will have solved every problem I ever had.

Fireguy17 · Accepted Answer

It will happen only when you want it to happen and not 1 minute before.
There is nothing anyone else can say or do, no magic pill.
It is up to you.
You can get help at AA, but it is still up to you.
We have alcoholism on my moms side of the family.
Both my mom and her sister were alcoholics and some of her cousins.
My aunt really did a lot of damage over the years to her body.
She did quit drinking, but sadly the damage was done.
My mom stopped drinking when she was in the hospital when they found out she had cancer.
I was there when she was going through withdrawal and she saw bugs on the wall.
Not fun when it is your mom.
My father got addicted to pain killers for his bad knees.
He didn't abuse them, but he was on them way too long.
He went through withdrawal when he was in the hospital after he had his knees replaced.
Again, not something I enjoyed seeing.
It took a week, and someone had to be in his room 24/7.
He accidentally hit a nurse and broke her glasses, we never did tell him about that week.
After both of those incidents I don't drink very often, and I am afraid to use pain killers.
If I do need them like after my knee replacement I am off them asap.
Addiction can be a son of a bit, but I wish you all the best.
It can be the hardest thing you will ever go through, but once you had enough and decide you are done, get some help and I wish you the best of luck.

handsomelad70 · Accepted Answer

Perhaps your depression fuelled your alcoholism. A wholistic approach is needed to fix addiction, from dealing with underlying problems to (I guess) a 12-step program to perhaps getting rid of or at least not drinking with imbibing friends and changing the person's likely toxic environment if possible.