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I hope everyone is blessed today, well my alcoholic husband has been doing good and has been in rehab for eight days now and plans on finishing up the other 20. Just wanted everybody’s opinion on the fact that he thinks that he’s on the medications they gave him in alcohol detox, and when I suggest a after care plan he says that he’s fine without doing any further support after being released in 20 days. I know I needed a little extra support but that doesn’t mean that everybody does. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks so much in advance :smiling_face:

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In my opinion, unless you’re working your recovery you’re working on a relapse.

Wish you and him the best on your journeys!

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I have to agree. Rehab is the first step for many but only the first step. Wishing you and your family the best of luck !

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Hi, I agree with @Faugxh. Support comes in many different ways, for me I have the support of friends & family, online support like this app & others, I listen to sober podcasts daily, I journal & I’ve recently started meditation & yoga. All of this is helping but I am still finding life really hard at times. I don’t want to drink but I think I would have already if I hadn’t been working at it. And even with all this I’m thinking it’s probably not enough & maybe AA or other support group might be a good idea. It can’t hurt for him to try different types of support. All the best :blush:

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Thanks so much :blush:

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I agree thank you

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Thanks. So true

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Thank you and I agree and we’ll put :innocent:

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Getting sober is easy, it’s staying sober that’s that hard part. Without support and others to learn from, I wouldn’t have stayed sober.

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I 100% agree with this :point_up_2:, couldn’t have said it better myself.

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If I where him I accepted all the help I could get :blush:
The aftercare is there for a reason. 28 days are not long. For me the first 3 months where the hardest and I relapsed multiple times in that timespan. If I have had help I guess I didn’t have had those relapses. And I managed to get up again, but what if he can’t?

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He definately needs something afterwards…none of us get fixed or cured of this disease but recovery can last as long as you want it to so long as you put the work into it…he needs to get to the real crux of why he was drinking so much in the first place and deal with it, change in mindset is required …this really is just the start of his journey…

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Maybe try ameeting might help ,helped me stay sober , no rehab when i got sober wish you well

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Thanks so much for your advice :smiling_face:

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