There is help available for those worried about their alcohol use, but detox isn’t the end of the story
- The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work
Almost every day someone will enter my office and ask, “Am I an alcoholic?” or, “Do you think I have a problem with alcohol?” and sometimes, “My partner says I drink too much.”
Alcohol is a drug that has its claws deep in Australian life. If you’re happy, sad, bored, have won a promotion, lost a family member, bought a house or graduated from university, these can all be seen as reasons to drink. Drinking is so common that if a person says they don’t, this lends itself to usually negative and intrusive comments.
