Drug and Alcohol addiction?

Question

hi my boyfriend is going through a really rough in his life. he is 35 years old & has been addicted to Opiet (misspelled i think) pills for 5 yrs or more, he has gotten help for the pill addiction, but now he has been addicted to whiskey like Jack daniels & jim beam for the past yr, he knows he has a problem & doesn't want to be drinking anymore, he has a chance to go to the hospital to get some help for 4 days, but he chickened out & asked his pill friend for some Opiet pills to help him with the withdrawl he is having from the alcohol, because the pills helped the last time he got off the alcohol! last time he didn't have any alcohol to drink when he started the pills & this time he has a big bottle of Jim Beam & he seems to think he needs to drink it while he is taking the pills if the pills dont help with the withdrawl!!! he wont listen to anyone, he thinks he needs to take 4 or 5 pills at a time in order to help him. he doesn't think mixing the pills & booze will kill him!

he has drank more booze in 2 and a half weeks than he has in 7 months, he is getting drunk quicker and he doesn't realize it!

he got a DWI in March and has been going to Counseling and classes since July for the DWI, he admitts he needs help and he feels like he has hit rock bottom now...he says he's afriad to go to rehab for 30 days and even go to the hospital for 4 days just get himself some help, he's afriad, because his ex girlfriend will find out and use it against him in court to take his son away from him! I am not gonna get into the whole court scene cuz thats a whole other story! when he is not drinking he's prefectly fine and a total sweetheart and he hates drinking, but he is having a hard time stopping...he's been drinking partically every hour for a week now and if he stops drinking, he sweats like crazy and then gets sick, and he's only had 5 things to eat in a week! he says he just wants to stop puking, thats why he got the pills to help with withdrawl from the alcohol, but he thinks he needs to have the alcohol just in case the pills dont work!

he can't even walk straight or talk right anymore!

Answer 1

he needs to get in alcohol addict people so that they can help him because his lungs are not going to support being drunk for ever he'll need an implant and when there replace in your lungs it has a 80% that he'll die so he needs support too

Answer 2

What is the question? If he will die if he doesn't get help? The answer is yes. He has two powerful addictions, drugs and alcohol. He "chickened out", well then I suggest you get a clue here dear, you pack up and leave. You are most likely an enabler and caught up in his addiction (even without using). Save yourself, now, or you will slowly go down with him as if he were a sinking ship.

He will most likely have to hit rock bottom before he gets help and a really good program lasts for at least 6 months of heavy duty counseling, etc. After that, he has to have a sponsor for the rest of his life and stay away from both drugs and alcohol. That is a very long process with not a high rate of recovery.

Answer 3

Wow. Yeah, I agree. He needs help. Since you are the one writing for some answers (and not him), I don't know . . .

I am a recovering alcoholic, and I understand what he's going through. And I understand what you are going through, too.

Anyway, both of you might be interested in reading some of the stuff on the website I am developing. It's called new-life-in-recovery. There's so much more to life than pills and alcohol. I couldn't see that while I was drinking and drugging, but now (12 years later) it's a whole new world.

I wish you both the very best, and recovery really is possible. If I can do it, he can...julie

Answer 4

i just read that L-Glutamine helps protect that body against the poisonous effects of alcohol and for many people it even banishes the craving for it altogether. if you dont know L-Glutamine is a amino acid you can get at the heatlh food shop.

i know that vitamin C can help detox acetaldehyde which is a toxic substance raised by alcohol.

also vitamin Bs are good for the nerves and especaly niacin in relation to alcohol. but look into all the B vitamins they are all good for the nerves , that helps them to regain their function after damage by alcohol.

so L-Glutamine ,vitamin C , a B complex and a niacin suplement would be a good nutritional programe to start with if you want.

but there is so many nutraints that can help the body so that could be a good start but you might find out more better ways to help if you look into it more. i love vitamin E and if i was you i would add that too. all vitamins work together in some way. they help each other work , its kind of complex and whole food is very important like vegatables in helping them work.


i would also go to a doctor and get a perscription for Tryptophan, another amino acid. it makes serotonin which makes us feel good and that would help him feel good naturaly with no bad side effects. also another antideressant amino acid is L-phenylalanine , that one you can get over the counter.

i know all this can be expensive and that could be a problem.

Answer 5

Please tell him to take the help, and if he uses the xcuse about the courts, tell him this, and it is the absolute truth: the courts will look on him favorably because he cared enough about himself and his child. That he got help to be a better man and father to his child, the judge will look at that as positive. Also hun, he may be depressed as well, and using the liquor to cover up the pain of reality. Please get him some help if you care about him and his life. God bless you both, I wish you all the best throughout this. Be strong!!

Answer 6

He can't hear you....if what you've said so far is not working, which it isn't...I kindly suggest you leave. He needs time to weigh his options and he knows them...so give him space and look for his company after he has been clean/sober for at least 12 months!