Simon Pure

My Experience with Alcoholism Treatment

I’m writing this as the ball drops on another new year. I’m barely old enough to drink legally, and yet I’ve spent at least 10 years drinking and using drugs. I’ve hit bottom before, ran away from my problems, moved away from my friends and family, just trying to outpace the addiction. I never thought to look for help, for alcoholism treatment. I just worked enough to keep drinking.

A Need for Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Whenever possible, I locked myself inside and drank. My parents drank. When they drank, they wouldn’t notice me, and I could drink. I felt grown up, and close to them. As soon as I could, I moved out of their house, but I took drinking with me. I still didn’t think there was a need for alcohol addiction treatment.

Rock Bottom and a Center for Addiction Treatment

I wanted to do things with my life. I thought about college, a better job, but I just kept drinking. I didn’t understand that I couldn’t do the things I dreamed of and drink simultaneously. Despite drinking constantly, I had not hit bottom. Then I hit bottom, and I mean that literally. After drinking all day, I drove my car into a ravine. The car was destroyed, and so were all my attempts to handle my drinking on my own. As soon as I left the hospital, I checked into a center for addiction treatment. Now I am hopeful that I can put my drinking behind me, and reclaim my future.