There are many stages involved before
drinking become a real problem and when getting help is no longer optional. I
had reached the final stage when I received my 4th DUI. I knew that there was
nothing I could do in my own power to stop drinking and avoid spending the rest
of my life in jail or the nut house. This is when I finally threw up my hands,
waived the white flag and admitted I was a "real alcoholic" and I
needed help from a professional alcohol detox center and rehabilitation
program.
I tried calling a number of alcohol detox center in New Jersey. I think I must have called at least 10 or that
is how it at least felt having to go over the same questions, verify insurance
over and over and be told I was not a candidate due to this reason or that
reason. Most times, well all times, it was because my insurance did not want to
pay for an alcohol detox center or they didn't pay enough. I found myself
desperate for help but unable to get the help I so desperately needed.
I had just about given up all hope when a
friend told me about The Detox Center. I thought to myself, "great another
detox center I have to deal with and get denied by." I told my friend that
I didn't even want to call because I didn't want to get rejected again. He told
me he would call and ensured me this place was different and they were able to
help him when he went through a similar experience looking for a detox forheroin addiction. He said that The Detox Center was not a detox at all but a
network of detox centers throughout NJ. He said they had relationships with
alcohol detox centers, detox centers that dealt with low income clients to
those who wanted something a little more luxurious.
It was only a matter of hours before
someone from The Detox Center called me back and said they not only had a bed
available in an alcohol detox center but they also had a bed available for an
alcohol treatment center. I was completely shocked. I had tried time and time
again to find a place to go with no success. How did they find me both so
quickly? I never bothered to ask since I was just happy to have a place to help
me get through the withdrawals I knew I would have once I stopped
drinking.
It was about 12;30 p.m when we spoke to
The Detox Center and by 4:30 p.m I was packing up and on my way into detox.
Once I got there I was more than pleasantly surprised. The staff was very
encouraging and on a couple bad nights, they were right there next to me. After
I got through the withdrawals, I started going to some groups and listening to
how other people stopped drinking and using drugs. This really inspired me and
I started to feel hope, something I had lost a long time ago.
Once I got to the alcohol treatment
center, I was greeted by all the other clients. I was welcomed as though I was
entering into a new family. I later understood why. I really was a part of a
new family. When I completed treatment I started going to AA meetings like the
rehab had suggested. I got a sponsor and worked the 12 steps of Alcoholic
Anonymous. I even sponsored a couple of guys which I still have in my life on a
daily basis.
I am so grateful that my friend helped me
find Alcohol Detox Center NJ and their team. I truly believe I would have died if it
wasn't for everyone willing to help me. Thank God for friends and thank God for
AA and the 12 steps.
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