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Our son is still in his addiction...Kratom
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 753851" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>It sounds to me like your friend was never an alcoholic but was drinking to numb pain. I was re-watching the West Wing recently on Netflix and the chief of staff is a recovering alcoholic. He explained it to another character that an alcoholic can never stop at one drink. Of course, this was a fictional character but I do think it makes sense when you look at it that way. There is a difference between abusing alcohol temporarily and being a true alcoholic.</p><p></p><p>I personally believe that an alcoholic or addict can't drink or use in moderation. I have seen too many start with one drink and sliding back into up shooting heroin or taking benzos. I asked my daughter why she would stay sober for relatively long periods of time ( 9 months) and then relapse. Her answer was that after being sober for a while she would convince herself that one drink wouldn't hurt. So she would have a drink and be fine so then she would think if she could handle one then she could handle two and so on until she slid back into a full blown relapse of drugs and alcohol. </p><p></p><p>I know that there are other schools of thought.</p><p></p><p>Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 753851, member: 1967"] It sounds to me like your friend was never an alcoholic but was drinking to numb pain. I was re-watching the West Wing recently on Netflix and the chief of staff is a recovering alcoholic. He explained it to another character that an alcoholic can never stop at one drink. Of course, this was a fictional character but I do think it makes sense when you look at it that way. There is a difference between abusing alcohol temporarily and being a true alcoholic. I personally believe that an alcoholic or addict can't drink or use in moderation. I have seen too many start with one drink and sliding back into up shooting heroin or taking benzos. I asked my daughter why she would stay sober for relatively long periods of time ( 9 months) and then relapse. Her answer was that after being sober for a while she would convince herself that one drink wouldn't hurt. So she would have a drink and be fine so then she would think if she could handle one then she could handle two and so on until she slid back into a full blown relapse of drugs and alcohol. I know that there are other schools of thought. Kathy [/QUOTE]
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