November 5th 2019
One in eight American adults is an alcoholic, according to the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Do you think you might be one of them?
If you are considering whether you might have a drinking problem, take this self-assessment quiz. Developed by recovered alcoholics in the treatment field, it can help you determine if you need to seek help.
If you answered “yes” to three or more questions, you are probably an alcoholic.
How do we know this? Because we are alcoholics. We have spent years trying to control our drinking, only to find that drinking controlled us. We swore off for a week or a month — not because we had a problem, mind you, just to get some rest and prove we could do it. But we couldn’t.
We told ourselves we were just going to get a little buzzed, and then we closed the bar down. Damnit, overshot the mark again. And again. And again.
We called in sick to nurse a hangover. Our health suffered. We lost jobs and relationships. We had blackouts. We got DUIs. We went to jail.
Finally, we faced the fact that we were alcoholics. We could not control our drinking. This admission of defeat turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to us, for we could now accept the help we so desperately needed to rebuild our lives.
If you are one of us, please know that you will likely need help to recover.
Alcoholism is too tough to beat without help. The following resources can offer life-saving assistance on your path to recovery:
Consider getting treatment. Cornerstone Healing Center is an evidence-based, long-term treatment facility in Scottsdale, Arizona. We were founded by a recovered alcoholic, and we are almost exclusively staffed by people in recovery. Our completion rates are five times higher than the national average, and we have programs to fit every schedule, including partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and standard outpatient.
We’ve built new, sober lives for ourselves, and we can show you how to do so, too. Reach out to Cornerstone today.