Alcohol rehab never comes easy. It took me years to pull the trigger on an alcohol rehab program: years between the moment I realized I needed alcohol rehab care and the day I finally decided to check into an alcohol rehab center. They were lost years, really; they were years that I wasted, because I was too scared or stupid or both do the one thing I knew I had to, for no more or less a reason than that alcohol rehab was the only hope I had left.

I know it’s hard. I know entering alcohol rehab means admitting vulnerability, and impotence; I know entering alcohol rehab means admitting you’ve got a problem you can’t fix yourself…which is helluva tough thing to do sober and a damn near impossible thing to do drunk. But still: You’ve got to. If you’re an alcoholic, alcohol rehab’s the only thing in the world that can get you better. With so much to lose, you just can’t afford not to win.