But the sooner they do, the better their chances for recovery. While there is no cure at this time, alcoholism is a treatable disease.
Recovery takes hard work, commitment, help, and honesty.
If you suspect you have a problem, please seek help now. The nature of treatment depends on the severity of your alcoholism and available resources. Treatments may be provided in a hospital, a residential treatment setting, or on an outpatient basis. There are promising types of counseling that teach people to identify situations and feelings that trigger the urge to drink and to find new ways to cope that do not include alcohol use. In addition, because the involvement of family members is important to the recovery process, many programs also offer marital counseling and family therapy as part of the treatment process.