Dear Rob:

Thank you for your kind words on the other thread.

“I have talked to my family about going to treatment/rehab but every time I bring this topic up, they all tell me I don’t need rehab“- I wonder what family members (mother, father, siblings.. wife?) tell you that you don’t need rehab and what are their individual reasons for discouraging you from getting professional help for your drinking problem (?)

“I go to this dark, ugly place when I drink“- not every person under the influence of alcohol goes to a dark, ugly place: some go to a light, loving place. I wonder if that dark ugly place you go to when drunk is a place that exists in you drunk or sober, and needs to be looked at…

anita