Abstract
Why does a person after months of sobriety return to drinking again. Sobriety is not just a matter of not drinking. Sobriety involves a person's entire being — his thoughts, his actions and his way of life. To have a comfortable sobriety, the alcoholic must learn more constructive ways of gaining attention. He must accept responsibility. He must accept being as he is, not as he wishes he was. His relationships with his family must change. Alcoholism is a family illness. The person's drinking may have met certain needs of the family which must be explored if he is to remain sober. Perhaps the greatest factor with which the recovering alcoholic must deal is learning to live with the everyday anxieties and tensions of life.
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