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How Can Alcohol Addiction Be Overcome Permanently?

My husband was assessed as suffering form Acute Alcohol Abuse/addiction & scored 13/17 in the DSM V criteria. he finally went into a rehab centre for 18 days but only one month later he is drinking again. He believes he is cured & that his sober period proves this but I have lived with him for 13 years & he really is an alcoholic but still won't accept this. It isn't safe for me and the children to be around him when he drinks.

What can I do to help him accept that sobriety is the only solution?
posted on Sat, 21 Jun 2014
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hi dear,
your husband started again taking alcohol for what reason?
is he have craving or try with friends again for just test?
if he is having craving certain medication available for craving and if for fun and test also medication available to averse the alcohol. called aversion therapy.
so consult psychiatrist again and ask for him specifically for it.
whether you stop treatment or with treatment again start.

Thank you.
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How Can Alcohol Addiction Be Overcome Permanently?

hi dear, your husband started again taking alcohol for what reason? is he have craving or try with friends again for just test? if he is having craving certain medication available for craving and if for fun and test also medication available to averse the alcohol. called aversion therapy. so consult psychiatrist again and ask for him specifically for it. whether you stop treatment or with treatment again start. Thank you.