Unless the alcoholic gets help in all four areas, his chances for recovery are very poor indeed (Dying for a Drink: What You Should
Know about Alcoholism [Waco, TX: Word Books, 1985], p. 41).
What You Should
Know about Alcoholism.
Not exact matches
It's clear from your posting that you
know almost nothing
about alcoholism, and likely have never cared or attempted to understand someone who is an alcoholic.
Last, had I
known that
alcoholism is a disease worse than cancer, and that it ran through the family genes thus any baby born had a strong chance of becoming one... well, that seals the deal but, I bet the parents who also fell for religiosity, not
knowing it was an enclave for pedophiles... talk
about regrets from hell.
No direct inference
about international
alcoholism rates should be drawn from comparing cirrhosis of the liver mortality rates, however, since the variations in the relationship between these rates and
alcoholism rates, from country to country, are not
known.
But, I do want to stop and think
about the one detail that NewSpring has been clear
about: alcohol issues and pastoral ministry, and, though we don't
know all the details here, I'll include a bit
about the struggle of
alcoholism in Christian ministry.
Until recent years, little has been
known about either the causes or cures of
alcoholism.
James Ponsoldt's «Smashed»
knows a lot
about alcoholism, and it also
knows about the good times that can go along with it.
Fairly quickly the humor began to be pushed out as those mythologies surfaced, bringing in the California lifestyle, Jim Morrison's
alcoholism and, as she says «the truth you think you
know about something and someone and how that is disrupted as new information is unearthed».
If you currently struggle with alcohol abuse and would like to
know more
about alcoholism counseling, call Perspectives Of Troy at (284) 244-8644 today.