intervention by family and friends

A functional alcoholic is a subtype categorized by middle aged people who have well settled careers and stable homes. They usually drink regularly but manage to hide their alcoholism well. Thus, this subtype rarely seeks treatment for their problem. Their career and status provides them with good monetary support and a camouflage for their drinking issues.

Symptoms of a Functional Alcoholism

A functioning alcoholic uses alcohol to deal with work pressure and stress and easily justifies it. They consume alcohol every day after work at home or outside with people who can also drink excessively. Functioning alcoholics look down at people who can’t drink excessively and can’t hold their drinks while they seek pride in consuming large quantity of alcohol. After a hard day at work they like to take drinking as a recreational activity and engage in activities related to alcohol to hide their addiction. They even take socializing as an excuse to drink. Most of functioning alcoholics do not think they have an addiction problem as they like to think of drinking as a status symbol or a way to unwind.

Treatment of Functional Alcoholics
Intervention by Family and Professionals

Treatment of any addiction is difficult and often requires intervention. Further, treatment of people who fail to see their addiction as a problem is even more difficult. Functional alcoholics can manage their work lives, careers and family life fairly well thus do not see drinking as a problem. They do not see it as doing anything wrong.

Friends or family of functional alcoholics can seek our assistance to help their loved ones. They can talk to our trained staff and professional experts at our alcohol treatment center and know about treatment programs and detoxification process for functional alcoholics. Each individual case needs to be individually accessed by a professional to reach the best treatment suitable for their subtype.