Approximately a month ago I heard about a twenty-five-year-old female 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 counseling for both medical conditions and that mental health problems and dependency often take place in the same person. What is more, I remember hearing that a history of unhealthy and abusive drinking, drug abuse, and/or mental health issues frequently occur in the same family.

Plainly, Rachael is so dejected by both of her medical problems that she basically has little or no energy to complete much of anything. What is particularly unfortunate about this is that earlier in her life, Rachael managed to complete one-and-a-half years of college. Rachael’s condition makes me question if she is an example of a person who has to hit the very bottom before he or she gets drug and alcohol treatment that results in long lasting sobriety.

The Need For a Doctor She Trusts and a Counseling Program She Can Believe In

If I were in communication with Rachael I could advise her about more than a few websites and blogs that could possibly help her locate info about addiction and alcoholic behavior, important chemical dependency information, facts about alcoholism and drugs, and more information about addiction symptoms and alcoholism warning signs. From my perspective, nonetheless, Rachael needs to locate a therapist she trusts and a treatment program she can believe in and follow through over the long term. I could be mistaken but it seems logical to conclude that Rachael probably needs to recognize the fact that she cannot drink at all or use drugs if she wants to get sober, stay sober, and start on the road to lasting sobriety.

I am aware that there are a number of recently created doctor-prescribed drugs that can help Rachael through her withdrawal symptoms, through the drug and alcohol detoxification process, and help her avoid a drug or an alcohol relapse. Obviously it would be in Rachael’s best interests if she knew about these medications.

It is apparent that Rachael needs to admit the fact that there is entirely nothing constructive about unhealthy and abusive drinking and chemical dependency and that engaging in one or both circumstances is the path to financial difficulties, deteriorating health, poor work and school performance, shattered relationships, a premature death, and legal problems.

The Relevance of Recovery Groups Like Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous

There are reasonably a lot of persons such as friends, other people, and family members who would like to help Rachael but she more likely than not would experience greater acceptance from a support group such as Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous rather than listening to individuals who drink responsibly or who have never abused drugs.

When People Accomplish Things They Like and About Which They Are Ardent

There’s a philosophical viewpoint that contends that individuals who do things they like and something about which they are ardent arrive at a fantastic place in life. In other words, when people do what they enjoy, they rarely if ever go through an uneventful life or boredom. If they get involved in something that is gratifying, furthermore, they become more complete and experience more happiness and joy in life.

To me, this sounds quite a bit different from a life that is grounded in drug and alcohol addiction because such a lifestyle removes the contentment and joy that life offers.

Due to the fact that Rachael doesn’t have the fortitude to do much of anything in her life, it is evident that she definitely needs a little hope for a better existence. And the sad thing is that hope is virtually everywhere around Rachael if she could only get to the point in life to get the counseling she needs for her bipolar illness and dependency and stay with her treatment protocol.

Productive Change, Self Respect, and a Wonderful Life Are Possibilities

Rachael is clearly too young to be dejected in life. She doesn’t comprehend this at the moment but if she can learn how to stay away from alcohol and drugs through alcohol and drug rehab and get the treatment she needs for her manic depression condition, she can reorient her life and start living with direction, passion, and with self-respect.

A wonderful life, self respect, and productive change are certainly possibilities for Rachael if only she could become motivated to seek the medical rehabilitation she requires, follow through with her therapy regimen, live her life in an alcohol and drug-free and healthy manner, and cultivate a more positive attitude about her existence.