My just couldn't get over his drinking habit. For past 1yrs as we went into financial trouble he switched to desi alcohol which had sever impact on his health. He is diabetic now. He is very obsessed with it alcohol. He doesn't value any thing before it. Please help.
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I guess you are talking about your father and his drinking habit. Now that he is diabetic is compounding the problem. I also guess that he is not a cooperative and willing counselee. If that is the case, you could admit him into a de-addiction center and let him stay there for at least 6 months and after that attend counseling with a professional. There are medicines that help with the drinking just to ease the initial craving and to act as an ant-abuse i.e. he will have a serious reaction, if he consumes even a small quantity of alcohol or alcohol based substances. It has to be carefully monitored to see that he not only consumes the medication but is also avoiding alcohol. Ultimately, it is his will power and the support that he receives from the medical fraternity and his close and dear ones. He must also learn to substitute and deal with the oral need, a rigid value system, the script issue, and of course take a look at all the genetic factors to plan a strategy not to get into what is called ?cross addictions? i.e. another form of addiction that may appear alright but is in fact as bad as the primary addiction. The center or hospital and the counselor will advise and guide him on several measures and precautions he will need to take to stay with his resolve. Even after the rehabilitation he must attend AA meetings and continue this support for a long time. The family will also need to attend some sessions and go for Al-anon meetings for their co-dependency issues. He cannot be treated in isolation because the family has gotten used to his drinking and have made some unhealthy adaptations to somehow cope. The children (including you) will also have to attend meetings to work out their issues because of the father?s habit. In fact, they are all suffering from the Adult Children Of Alcoholics Syndrome (ACOAs), which in effect means that they are genetically predisposed to alcoholism or can have cross addiction problems and they will have similar traits of the abusing alcoholic but in a milder form. There are special support groups for them all over the world. Should they touch or indulge in alcohol or any addictive substances or behaviors, they could also become full-fledged addicts themselves. If your father refuses to go for rehabilitation, then some centers have a method of picking him up when he is totally sloshed and is not able to fight back effectively. They will need the family?s written consent before willing to take him in this manner. Make a serious plan with your mother and children and whoever else?s support he can get and act on it fast. The diabetes has to be considered right through all these maneuvers because it can affect many other areas and organs for life.
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Typical Alcoholic presentation. Baseline correct Addiction with deaddiction including 12 step program. Secondly consult physician for Liver/Diabetic/and counselling. basically needs hospitalization in a deaddiction Unit
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