5 Reasons For Your Alcoholic Spouse To Go To An Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Posted May 24 2010 7:29am
The decision for your alcoholic spouse to go to an alcohol rehabilitation treatment center should be made by a medical professional, a therapist, or interventionist with the support of the family. Professional interventionists are knowledgable about the different treatment centers around the country. As a psychiatrist specializing in addiction, here are factors I take into account in making the decision about the treatment plan for someone struggling with alcoholism:
Will it benefit your alcoholic husband or alcoholic wife to be away from their home environment and their other triggers for drinking alcohol? In other words, do I think your alcoholic spouse can succeed quitting drinking alcohol if they stay at home?
How committed is your alcoholic spouse to quit drinking alcohol? If a person is very determined, I may withdraw them from alcohol as an outpatient and follow them twice a week the first month while they are participating in an intensive outpatient program and/or going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings every day. I do this with the understanding, if they relapse, they must agree to then go into an Alcohol Rehabilitation Center.
Does your alcoholic spouse need “detox” in a hospital setting? If they have been drinking enough to warrant detox in the hospital, it should be followed by a stay at an alcohol treatment center.
If you have an alcoholic wife and have children at still at home, who will care of the kids while she is in treatment? Many women refuse to leave their kids to go into an Alcohol Rehabilitation Center. Sometimes their husbands threaten to take legal action if they are not willing to go (the husbands threaten to divorce them and take full custody) and then they agree to inpatient treatment.
If you have an alcoholic husband( or alcoholic wife), they may not have the luxury of going to a 4 week alcohol rehabilitation center or they could lose their job or business. However, many people do go because their alcohol problem has already interfered with their job responsibilities or they have lost their job. Their only hope of maintaining their livelihood is to get treatment for alcoholism.
Lastly, can the family afford it? Sometimes, it just isn’t feasible.
Going to a rehabilitation facility can be life changing. However, sometimes people have to go two or three times to “get it” before they are willing to do the hard work it takes to maintain their sobriety.
(If you want additional help turning your marriage around click here to register for my free report on, “The 5 Most Effective Ways To Turn Your Marriage Around To Your Alcoholic Spouse. It may save your family’s life. The information in this report gives you very simple strategies that could very well save your marriage).
The decision for your alcoholic spouse to go to an alcohol rehabilitation treatment center should be made by a medical professional, a therapist, or interventionist with the support of the family. Professional interventionists are knowledgable about the different treatment centers around the country. As a psychiatrist specializing in addiction, here are factors I take into account in making the decision about the treatment plan for someone struggling with alcoholism:
Will it benefit your alcoholic husband or alcoholic wife to be away from their home environment and their other triggers for drinking alcohol? In other words, do I think your alcoholic spouse can succeed quitting drinking alcohol if they stay at home?
How committed is your alcoholic spouse to quit drinking alcohol? If a person is very determined, I may withdraw them from alcohol as an outpatient and follow them twice a week the first month while they are participating in an intensive outpatient program and/or going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings every day. I do this with the understanding, if they relapse, they must agree to then go into an Alcohol Rehabilitation Center.
Does your alcoholic spouse need “detox” in a hospital setting? If they have been drinking enough to warrant detox in the hospital, it should be followed by a stay at an alcohol treatment center.
If you have an alcoholic wife and have children at still at home, who will care of the kids while she is in treatment? Many women refuse to leave their kids to go into an Alcohol Rehabilitation Center. Sometimes their husbands threaten to take legal action if they are not willing to go (the husbands threaten to divorce them and take full custody) and then they agree to inpatient treatment.
If you have an alcoholic husband( or alcoholic wife), they may not have the luxury of going to a 4 week alcohol rehabilitation center or they could lose their job or business. However, many people do go because their alcohol problem has already interfered with their job responsibilities or they have lost their job. Their only hope of maintaining their livelihood is to get treatment for alcoholism.
Lastly, can the family afford it? Sometimes, it just isn’t feasible.
Going to a rehabilitation facility can be life changing. However, sometimes people have to go two or three times to “get it” before they are willing to do the hard work it takes to maintain their sobriety.
(If you want additional help turning your marriage around click here to register for my free report on, “The 5 Most Effective Ways To Turn Your Marriage Around To Your Alcoholic Spouse. It may save your family’s life. The information in this report gives you very simple strategies that could very well save your marriage).