Alcohol Abuse Treatment Rehab
At the age of twenty-five, Kate was a type-A graduate business school
student (Wharton School of Business at Penn): competitive, driven and very
smart. With an exhaustive academic criteria and a budding romance with a
law student, Kate was also an alcohol addict. She considered going into
rehabilitation at the alcohol abuse treatment rehab, but felt that would
be an impediment. Her chemical dependency was so severe, Kate’s heart
pounded abnormally and alarmingly in her bosom, for her to lose breath,
black-out and even endure temporary blindness. Kate always wanted to be on
top of her game and felt that substances would give her the buzz she
needed to exceed expectations. At the alcohol abuse treatment rehab, her
detoxification process was extremely difficult and I thought she was going
to die. When our family physician diagnosed her symptoms were from
addiction and stress, Kate reluctantly dropped her classes and considered
the alcohol abuse treatment rehab. Kate’s memoir is dramatic by her
amusing refusal to lose her virginity with her high profile law student
boyfriend, Marcus, before marriage. My sister’s story is poignant,
harrowing and candid as she discusses her treatment journey at the alcohol
abuse treatment rehab.
Kate wanted to be the best at the University, but her grades weren’t as
outstanding as they were in high school. She was barely able to make the
honor roll, and for my sister that’s the same as failure (she placed a lot
of pressure on herself at the alcohol abuse treatment rehab as well). A
study partner introduced her to the effects of prescription substances to
keep her awake to gain more study time and feel superior. The more
prescription substances Kate consumed, the more time she had to study. She
didn’t realize she was beginning a downward spiral to the hospital and the
alcohol abuse treatment rehab. Subsequently, Kate saw an improvement in
her grades and became addicted to more than just prescription substances.
She began abusing cocaine, heroin, marijuana, alcohol and Methadone. It
wasn’t before long that my overachiever of a sister partied her life away
for four years in college and beyond.
Kate didn’t trust her doctors and refused to be labeled an expectant
“grateful substance patient” that nearly died at the hospital. She is not
afraid to offer the perspective of a patient with irreverent, eye-opening
conviction. My sister’s storytelling can sometimes be shocking, but always
honest. Kate had plenty of time at the alcohol abuse treatment rehab to
reflect on thoughts she wants to share with the rest of the world. She had
to endure a nightmare with a life addicted to substances, alcohol and
prescription medicine (mainly Valium). Her experience is unsettling and
atypical, but always unforgettable. We’re not talking about the type-cast
alcohol addict at a crack house that is often seen in movies and
television. Neither are we talking about a spoiled brat from an affluent
neighborhood with rich parents that you see many times at an alcohol abuse
treatment rehab. Kate spent her youth in a working class neighborhood in
Germantown, Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. We had a working widowed
mother that went out of her way to see that my sister and I receive the
best public school education available in Philadelphia. Kate was a talent
on the piano, a straight A student throughout her years in school, and a
skillful athlete in cross-country and track and field. Always competitive
and adventurous, Kate somehow discovered substances in her freshman year
at Indiana University. This was seven years before she entered the alcohol
abuse treatment rehab.
It was during her stay at the alcohol abuse treatment rehab I realized my
sister wasn’t an easy recovering alcohol addict, with a legitimate reason.
For all the abuse her body has taken with cocaine, alcohol, heroin,
marijuana and Methadone, Kate has lived a longer than most individuals
with half as much substances in the body. Arguably, she done more than
anyone else at the alcohol abuse treatment rehab with her storytelling to
turn lives around for the better. Kate is in the process of getting her
book published where she documents her frustrations, anger, fears and
perseverance during her stay at the alcohol abuse treatment rehab. Kate
realizes the readers expect a simpering accumulation of gratitude.
Nevertheless, she conveys a searing outlook into depression and pain,
which accompany the challenge and struggle to achieve sobriety. Yet, she
never fails to provide wit, insight and love with a courage that’s no less
than radiant. Her story about her duration in the alcohol abuse treatment
(as well as her alcohol addiction in the early years) is compelling with
an account of survival and unwavering love. My sister was always an
engaging storyteller that’s not afraid to offer an unflinching view of
love, life and outstanding courage.
My mother was no different from other parents in denial before Kate’s stay
at the alcohol abuse treatment rehab. Although I did well in school and
received many awards for my art, Kate was always the one my mother
expected to achieve great things. There was no way for my mother to
believe that Kate (Miss Perfect in Every Way) was an alcohol abuser that
needed to go into an alcohol abuse treatment rehab. I attempted to
convince my sister to seek treatment at an alcohol abuse treatment rehab,
but she refused and scoffed at me for overreacting. My mother tried to
persuade herself that Kate was just going through a phase and would find a
way to lick the problem. It wasn’t until Kate was admitted into the
hospital for a racing heartbeat and black-outs that my mother even
mentioned the alcohol abuse treatment rehab. Thankfully, my mother and I
were there with Kate every step of the way. She is now recovered and her
health is improving one day at a time. The alcohol abuse treatment rehab
was a blessing for Kate, but it had to take her determination, fighting
spirit and willpower for her to live an alcohol-free life and continue her
life as an extraordinary woman.
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