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I have a friend who has a serious alcohol problem. She binges for 2 to 3 week periods. She hides her drinking by hiding bottles all over the house. Her family members have tried counseling her, but she doesn’t think she has a problem with alcohol. She is highly functioning, but I have never seen anything like this. She drinks in the morning and all day long, but when she drinks she always hides it by drinking out of bottles. After she binges she acts as though nothing ever happened. I find it amazing that she does not act embarrassed or anything. Do you think she is aware of her behavior or is she in denial? This behavior can be very scary at times and she needs to get help. How can I help her?
She is definitely in denial. And also very luck to have you as a friend. The best approach would be to gather her family and find an intervention professional who can help you start the process. Reputable companies will assist you at no cost in helping to engage the family in the process. Once the family is board and is ready to hire the interventionist, he or she will then be responsible for helping the family to get her out of denial and into recovery. Feel free to call Intervention 911 at 866-888-4911 for help in getting the family on board.
I have a son who is 30 years old. He was on Vicodin pills for the past 2 years. He recently went to the doctor who put him on suboxone to detox him from Vicodin and has been on it for almost a year. For the past 5 weeks, I have called so many places looking to get help only to be told, there is no program that will help detox off suboxone. Apparently, it’s all about mental control. I spoke with a representative from a non-profit organization about this and she told me to have him quit taking suboxone and take motrin for a few days. I am sorry, but I have witnessed my son try to do this and he just can’t get under 1mg per day. He is deeply depressed. It’s heart breaking for me not being able to find help for him. I feel as his mother I have failed him. He signed papers with his health insurance company giving them permission for me to help him. I’m on the breaking down every time someone tells me there is no help. He is getting more and more depressed because he wants help and can’t find it. He has 2 sons ages 10 and 4 who need their daddy back to his old loving, caring self. Can you please tell me what needs to be done to help my son?
I am not a medical professional but in my experience, it can be very difficult to detox from Suboxone but is by no means impossible. There are plenty of Detox centers that we work with that will do a complete Suboxone Detox within 3-5 days. Unfortunately, many facilities make significant money by keeping people on Suboxone even when it is not medically necessary. So I would encourage you to keep looking and let them know you want a 3-5 day complete detox. Your son should be commended for being willing to get help but he also needs to participate in finding resources. He should be calling facilities as well. He has an addiction issue as evidenced by his vicodin and suboxone dependence. There are free, local resources such as 12 step programs. If he goes there and indicates he wants to be drug free and needs help, they can assist with finding facilities that will detox him. You can call us at 866-888-4911 and we can also help locate resources for you. Lastly, I would suggest you attend a support group as well to help get you some support for how you are feeling.
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