 Alternatives to AA?
I'm hoping someone here might have some suggestions.
One of my best friends is an alcoholic. I love Leigh to pieces, but its so very obvious to me that she has a problem (she's 22), she keeps it hid well from her family and some other people. She'll go through a week or two where she doesn't drink or only has one or two, then we'll go out and she'll get so drunk she doesn't remember the night. Sometimes she just sits at home by herself and drink a 12 pk. She has had so many problems from her drinking and after each big thing she says she wants help, but then always goes back to her old ways. She has had some nights that she probably has come close to dying.
The thing is she doesn't believe in God and has been to a few AA meetings but without her believing in God, she doesn't think they'll work. Plus she described them as very "cultish" feeling.
She is a really sweet person and the kind you would never guess has a problem with drinking... makes good grades, holds down a job, etc.
She hasn't had the best family life and it seems as if everytime things are going good, something else bad happens.
I really think she could benefit from an inhouse type thing where she is able to go to for a month or so and get away from everything and get some counseling and help. But every place I've looked up is mega bucks, which neither Leigh or her family can afford. Do any of these places offer "schlorships" of some sort. Its really sad that poor ppl can't get help.
Does anybody have any type of suggestions? I want to help her, I just don't know how. |