How To Sober Up A Drinking Alcoholic In One Tough Lesson

I've had people ask me how to "get" a drinking alcoholic to attain sobriety...for good. My first response is that it normally comes from a Power Greater than us all. The alcoholic must ask that (his/her) Higher Power who makes sense to him/her to relieve them of their alcoholism. Sound easy? What I will tell you is that the drinking alcoholic must be allowed to hurt so damn bad that they're willing to ask for help, and not just for long enough to "get the heat off of his/her back," but to ask for help where the alcoholic will do whatever it will take to get/stay sober. Personally, when I sobered up it was cause I hurt like crazy and was told to look for other sober alcoholics who knew what the alcoholic needed to do to live sober. If your alcoholic asks for help and expresses the desire to get/stay sober I suggest calling any mental health clinic, ask if they know how to contact these previous drinking alcoholics who have discovered Sobriety and the clinic should be pleased to give you these now sober alcoholics contact innformation...for free! Because I did that on April 28, 1984 I found and am continuing to maintain happy sobriety since that date! No, it isn't always easy except when compared to active drinking! One little note here: the alcoholic must be the one doing what's necessary to live in Sobriety, others cannot do it for him/her. So, please find the contact info for the alcoholic and give them the opportunity to help themselves. Then, all us loved ones of the alcoholic can then do is leave it to the Higher Power/Power Greater Than Us/that which I choose to call God...whatever works for you and whatever works for the alcoholic. Good luck! But I don't believe in sheer luck!