How Can Alcohol Rehab Help My Brother?
Question by CAITLYNN C: How can alcohol rehab help my brother?
It just seems like a way of extorting money from us. Can’t he get well all on his own?
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Answer by anya w
Alcohol rehab is not a way of extorting money from people like you. They ask for fees simply because money is needed to make the program effective. Where else would they get the funds to better their facilities? How else are they going to pay for the medicines?
The fact that your brother is still an alcoholic right now means that he can’t do it on his own. He needs help, and that’s what he’s going to get inside an alcohol rehab. Being there would mean that he would have no supply of alcohol, and less temptation. Therapists, doctors, and healthcare providers would be taking care of him. These are the people who are very adept at handling cases like your brother’s. No doubt that they know what to do and how to deal with him. He needs attention, counseling, therapy and medication, four things that he can get inside an alcohol rehab.
I’m sure your brother will be ok. He needs your support when he goes out of rehab. You have to help him so that he won’t turn to alcohol again. Good luck and I hope he gets well soon enough.
Answer by Mike G
No, most alcoholics have a very hard time getting well on their own. Just as someone that smokes keeps picking back up.
Alcoholics tend to have a better chance in a structured rehab program. We respond better to other alcoholics struggling like us.
Our families though meaning well can actually hurt us by not understanding our disease and in many cases enabling us by giving us a little alcohol in attempts to wean us off. or supporting us financially.
Alcoholism is a very complicated and real disease. It is pr oven that it changes the function of your brain forever. You can’t just quit and be “cured”. You need help and support the rest of your life….
Check out Alanon( for family members of alcoholics) talk to his case worker/counselor….Get informed for your sake and your brothers.
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