A short time ago I heard about a twenty-eight-year-old woman named Rachael who is bipolar and who is also drug and alcohol dependent. I remember reading that in such situations, a person needs to get treatment for both medical problems and that mental health difficulties and addiction frequently occur in the same person. Furthermore, I remember hearing that a history of unhealthy drinking, drug addiction, and/or mental health problems many times happen in the same family.

Clearly, Rachael is so overwhelmed by both of her medical issues and by her love and happiness issues that she in actual fact has no motivation to do much of anything. What is particularly unfortunate about this is that earlier in her life, Rachael completed one year of college. Rachael’s circumstance makes me question if she is an example of an individual who has to hit rock-bottom before he or she gets alcohol and drug dependency treatment that leads to long lasting recovery.

The Need For a Healthcare Professional She Trusts and a Rehab Regimen She Can Believe In

If I were in communication with Rachael I could suggest several blogs and websites that could possibly help her locate information about addiction and alcoholic behavior, relevant chemical dependency information, facts about alcoholism and drugs, and more info about addiction symptoms and alcoholism warning signs. From my vantage point, nonetheless, Rachael needs to find a healthcare professional she trusts and a rehab regimen she can believe in and follow over the long haul. I could be mistaken but it seems to me that Rachael more likely than not needs to comprehend the fact that she cannot drink responsibly or abuse drugs if she wants to get sober, remain sober, and start on the road to long-lasting sobriety.

I am mindful that there are a number of newly developed doctor-prescribed drugs that can help Rachael avoid an alcohol or a drug relapse, help her through the drug and alcohol detoxification process, and help her through her withdrawal symptoms. Obviously it would be in Rachael’s best interests if she became familiar with these drugs.

It is clear that Rachael needs to acknowledge the fact that there is utterly nothing helpful about unhealthy and excessive drinking and substance abuse and that messing around with one or both conditions is the route to a premature death, poor work and school performance, financial difficulties, legal problems, deteriorating health, and shattered relationships.

The Importance of Support Groups Such as Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous

There are feasibly numerous persons such as friends, family members, and other individuals who would want to help Rachael but she probably would experience greater acceptance from a support group such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous instead of listening to individuals who drink responsibly or who have never abused drugs.

When People Do Things They Love and About Which They Are Dedicated

There’s a philosophical viewpoint that emphasizes that people who accomplish things they like and something about which they are zealous arrive at an amazing place in life. Stated more clearly, when people do what they love, they rarely if ever experience an uneventful life or boredom. If they involve themselves in something that is satisfying, moreover, they become more complete and experience more pleasure and delight in life.

To me, this sounds quite a bit different from a life that is grounded in alcohol and drug dependency because such a lifestyle removes the gratification and joy that life has to offer.

Since Rachael lacks the determination to achieve much of anything in her life, it is obvious that she desperately needs a little bit of hope for a better existence. And the unfortunate thing is that hope is virtually everywhere around Rachael if she could only get to the place in life to get the therapy she needs for her mental illness and alcoholism and drug addiction and stick with her treatment routine.

Happiness, Beneficial Change, Self Respect, and a Wonderful Life Are a Reality

Rachael is clearly too young to be overwhelmed in life. She doesn’t understand this at this time in her life but if she can learn how to abstain from drugs and alcohol through drug and alcohol therapy and get the treatment she requires for her mental health problem, she can reorient her life and start living with passion, direction, and with self-respect.

Happiness, a wonderful life, self esteem, and constructive change are certainly possibilities for Rachael if only she could get motivated to get the professional rehab she needs, follow through with her treatment program, live her life in a healthy and alcohol and drug-free manner, and acquire a more positive attitude about her existence.

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