How can I cope with alcoholism?

Answer 1

drink more alcohol :-)

Answer 2

Are you the alcoholic, or is a family member?

First "coping", if you are the alcoholic, is a bargaining mechanism to keep on drinking ; You cannot "cope" with it.

You must realize that after drinking repeatedly, you build up a tolerance to alcohol, and you need more to give you the same effect. After a while, your body craves it so much that when it isn't in your blood, you feel terrible.

It causes so many problems with your body, but before that happens, it will make your family disappear, it will make you lose your job, it will make you lose your friends. (The friends that really care run away.....but alcoholic friends will stick together and ruin themselves along with you)....It will probably get your license taken away as well, and maybe land you in jail.

Of course, if these things haven't happened to you yet, they will if you don't get sober. Maybe in a day, maybe in 20 years.

My mother was an alcoholic. She started drinking at 25, went to her first rehab at 35, and was an alcoholic til the day she died at 63.

She lost her husband, all her friends, her job, her license. She would have Grand Mal siezures and become completely disoriented for days if she let the alcohol level in her blood diminish. She had skin grafts for 3rd degree burns she suffered in a fire when she was drunk.

Her siezures broke her ribs and punctured her lungs. She had probably been in 20 rehabs during her life. She didn't have enough money to pay her $400 mortgage because she spent all her money on liquor.

Of course, this hasn't happened to you, but someday, hopefully, you will see that the drawbacks of drinking take so much away from life. The drawbacks become much greater than the benefits.

I used to drink a LOT in my twenties, but hit bottom early. For me, hitting bottom was not being accepted by friends for doing stupid stuff while drunk. I never got to the level of self destruction that my mother did. I quit drinking, and stopped seeing my friends who drank. I spent several years by myself before making new friends who had similar lifestyles.

Remember this saying:

Man takes drink:
Drink takes drink:
Drink takes Man.

Alcohol is deceptive, will creep up when you are feeling great and pull you into the abyss. And don't say it can't happen to you...It can...when you least expect it, and it may be too late.

Answer 3

Alcoholism cannot be "coped with". You recognize that you have a problem so now you need to do something about it. If you are not strong enough to help yourself then seek aide from another resource. If you keep putting it off it will get worse. And I have to say if you hadn't started it wouldn't be the forefront of your life.

Answer 4

You don't say whether it's you or someone you are close to.
If it's you, go to AA meetings. If it's really advanced, you should admit yourself to a rehab center. Withdrawal can need medical treatment and supervision.
If it's someone else, you should attend an appropriate AA support group. That would help you cope with it and teach you how to stop being an enabler.
This advice is not theory---I've been there.

Answer 5

First...DON'T DRINK then get to a lot of AA meetings. Dry people, dry places. Don't try to do it alone...get help. Good luck there is life after the bottle....:)

Answer 6

easy smoke weed cheaper and better try it out i know im suppose to be telling u some good to do but hey u cant die from weed

Answer 7

1 day at a time, good luck mate.

Answer 8

By admitting there is a problem and then seeking help.

Answer 9

one day at a time slow and easy

Answer 10

get counseling, don't hang around the same friend and AAA