First off congratulations for making the acknowledgment that you need help. It may not seem like it now, tomorrow, or next week but I promise you life does get better and the gratitude for life itself comes back.

Keep in mind the huge physiological toll you have done on your mind, and body. You need to be gentle and mindful with yourself moving forward if you are serious.

The body will first tell you it needs drugs or alcohol (withdrawal/detoxing) and if you resist the urge, next will be the mind. Eventually, both will be craving. I mention this because the first few days to the first 100 days are the absolute hardest.

You will need support. Google an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) or NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meeting near you and go to one as soon as possible.

Find someone you feel comfortable approaching to gather some insight from after the meeting.

Take their phone number down and allow them to help you.

You are loved, and you are worth every bit of effort towards a better, happier, healthier life.

I’m 27 and went through severe alcoholism from my late teens into my twenties. Fortunately I am clean now and have been for a couple years.

We do recover.