If these options seem difficult, you may needthe help and resources provided at the end of this pamphlet. If it takes more and more alcohol or more and more drugs to get thesame effect, you know you have a problem. You're saying the reason fordrinking or drugging is to relieve painful feelings or to get high. After a while, the high won't get higher and youwon't be able to get rid of whatever is bothering you. In the meantime,you will have become addicted and have that added problem to deal withbefore finding better and more positive ways of coping with your problems.
Blackouts are a major problem.
They are linked to all those extra drinksor to the large quantity you've started to consume. Now that you know thisunpleasantness clearly, you start to worry about senility, your capabilities,and the blackouts. It leads you right back to a bottle to stop the worryingand the memory of worrying. It's an addictive cycle. Worry can be useful,but you don't have to do it alone.