Late Stage Alcoholism in San Diego County

Throughout San Diego County, in areas of La Jolla, Mission Valley, Pacific Beach, and Coronado, people are struggling with trying to stop drinking, and others have given up, thinking to themselves that they are hopeless and why bother, they are unable to stop and stay stopped.  Other men, women and young people continue drinking by telling themselves that their problems with alcohol are not that bad.

In denial, these folks may minimize the consequences of using and blame the family or friends for complaining.  Denial of addiction is based on the mistaken belief that the person does not have a problem because they still have a job, a family and do not drink every morning.

Some are still working, others have quit or lost their jobs. Some are homeless, but most are at home through San Diego county, being cared for or enabled (actually leading to more severe progression of the disease), by family or friends who wish the person would stop drinking, and yet do not know how to get them to stop.

Living in Late Stage alcoholism is the image of what most people think of when the words alcoholism is mentioned - drinking from early morning, lost job, abandoned by family, multiple legal offenses and treatment programs without gaining substantial periods of recovery.

There are hundreds of people getting sober each day in San Diego.  In the Middle and Late Stages of alcoholism and addictions, they call treatment centers and ask for help.  They ask for Outpatient or Inpatient detoxification ; ask their doctors for help, or go online and check out the alcohol treatment programs or alcohol rehabs in their area.  They show up at AA meetings.

These folks even tell us they are relieved when they get a DUI, knowing that this will be a chance for them to get help to stop drinking.

Identification of the Lat State of Alcoholism:
---the person drinking thinks that responsibilities interfere with drinking.
---loss of job
---radical deterioration of family relationships
---unreasonable resentments
---loss of will power
---onset of lenthy drunks
---moral deterioration
---urgent need for morning drink
---geographic escape attempted (I won't drink in this new town)
---urgent need for morning drink
---impaired thinking
---loss of family
---successive and lengthy drunks
---unable to initiate action
---obsession with drinking
---all alibis exhausted

If you are reaching out for help give us a call here at Lasting Recovery. If we are unable to help yo and your family with our outpatient detoxification, intensive outpatient alcohol and drug program we will refer you to a program that will work for you. If you are a family member and are unable to encourage your family or friend into treatment, we can recommend an Interventionist that will be of help to your family.
Call us at 858-453-4315.

Do not wait any longer.  The stakes are too high.

Judy Saalinger, Ph.D., MFT, CAS