I gave up Drinking some 2 years ago.It was getting to the stage where I had to have a drink on waking up;just to move on and face the day.It is one thing to party for an evening and then return to normality,work and your wife.
I would go out to see friends on,lets say a Friday,and I would not return home for five or six days.When I did eventually return home,I could barely walk and keep my balance.This I estimate carried on for close to 25 years.I was not a daily drinker.As after drinking solid for 5 days,I would stop to recover for 3 weeks or so.So that labeled me as a Binge Drinker.I however was in total denial of this!
Broadreach House,Primary Treatment.
In 1999 I did not so much decide,but was forced to go back to the UK and seek some long-term Alcohol Rehabilitation.This I duely did,attending Broadreach,Plymouth,England.I spent the first 3 months,sitting around , missing home and remembering the time some years earlier, when I had run away from this very same city;With my very first Love
.My counselor would talk to me every day and twice a day I would join group discussions.At that time I did not wish to talk,I did not see that I had a problem.The House sheltered approximately 40 clients.I struck up some very good freinships whilst I was there.I still to this day keep contact with some of those Guy- N- Girls.
Broadreach House
After the initial 3 months of therapy,I was advised to go to a second treatment facility,Closereach,Plymouth.I agreed as I was aldeady beginning to see the benefits of not drinking.I was feeling on top of the world,Health wise.I was sleeping properly and my eating habits were returning to something like normal.The biggest relief was that my head was not racing,and I could actually lie in bead and read a book.That may sound a small thing to most,but as I had given up all my interests for drinking and partying,it was like a breathe of fresh air, stimulating also.
Closereach House,Secondary Treatment.
The second Treatment Home I went too(Closereach,Plymouth)turned out to be a Life-changing Experience.This was a smaller home with only 15 clients.The head councillor was a legend by name,John Fuglar.He was an expert at dealing with and confronting users that had up to then lived a life without restraint.The first week of me being there,he pulled me up in a group therapy meeting and pointed his finger at me and said”Your Arrogant,and if you do not want this place,there are others that do!”I took it to the heart and over the next few days I thought about what he had said.
From that moment on things began to change.I was eager to talk and share my good and bad experiences.The following months brought me to a realisation,of the damage and pain I had caused to others around me.This was all based on the AA`s 12 steps.I actually began to know a little about myself,who I was and where I would like to head for.When I left the Rehab 6 months later,my head was clear.I felt as though a second chance had been given too me.The road ahead was now open and full of opportunities.I found some spirituality here and put to rest most of my fears and guilt
I shall always remember J Fuglar,Broadreach and closereach.I shall always be an Alcoholic,but I choose not to drink!
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