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Is a year away from alcohol enough to have a person quit?
my 22 year old daughter is in jail for the next year for a hit and run. If she admitted what she did they would have gone easier on her but she refused. She was also drunk when the accident happened and she revealed to me she has a drinking problem. Something I was never able to see before. So I wonder, in jail you obviously won't have access to alcohol. Is one year away from it enough to be able to give it up? If so, then maybe a year in jail won't be a bad thing for her and she will learn some discipline and maybe realize because of her problem she lost her freedom.
I will not lie, it is kind of comforting to know exactly where she is everyday and know she is not out doing something dangerous.
if this is not enough though, what else can be done?
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Unfortunately the answer to your question is both yes and no. The tendency along with the availability and opportunity to return to the dependency is generally very high.
The problem with problem drinkers is that they don't believe they have a problem. Until they do they will not give up drinking. For family members of a problem drinker this is truly a problem of being able to lead a horse to water but not being able to force the horse to drink.
Every alcoholic has to hit bottom before they will accept help. It is possible that being in prison and attending aa meetings in prison is her bottom. IT may not be if she has not accepted responsibility for the accident.
My brother in-law is 25 years sober and credits aa for saving him. His bottom was waking up in the drunk tank. In fact he also credits the cop who arrested him and getting him into aa for saving him. They are now and have been the best of friends since his arrest.
Just where the bottom is for your daughter no one can say. What I can offer you is this. While she is in jail and after she is released you could benefit greatly by attending al-anon meetings. Al-anon is a support group for friends and family members of people like your daughter. By meeting with others in similar situations you learn how to deal with your situation. Below is a link to the al-anon home page meeting locator page.
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