waffle
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I mean, in a lot of ways the month thing is the real test. If you can stop you were just going through a rough patch and have successful reined it in (atleast for now) and if not then it probably is time to acknowledge you have a real problem you need bigger help with. There are different kinds of problem drinking, and not all of them require being branded as an alcoholic for life and going to rehab. I think Nick will immediately go to binge town if he makes it a month, but most people aren't spiteful narcissistic who live entirely by manipulation like he does.It's a fairly common strategy when people stage an intervention to say this:
"OK, you say that you haven't got a problem, and you're drinking for pleasure. Then why not put it to the test? Just take a break. Stop drinking for a month. Nobody's asking you to embrace total abstinence at this point, it'd just be a test of your control -- something you'd do for yourself, to see whether the amount of control you think you have matches the reality. If you voluntarily abstain for a month without problems, you can go right back to drinking again afterwards. You've lost nothing, but you've given your liver a break.
But if you can't voluntarily abstain for a month, it's a sure sign you've got a drinking problem and might need professional help to deal with it."
Booze hounds will often agree to this to get family and friends off their back. When they fail (as they invariably do) it's just one more argument in favour of rehab.
That being said, when people have functional families/support systems the "hey bro/husband/son/whatever how about you take a white month" talk comes like a year ago or more from where Nick is now. The fact.thst he's already gotten to the whiskey-ghoul stage of alcoholism and his support system is just now throwing early stage problem signals says a lot of disturbing stuff about his life.