Congrats Greenie & Pamina for notching up all those AF days. Between us all we must have, ooh, LOADS of AF time.
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Originally Posted by louise
What exactly does an alcohol counselor do?
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I'm not sure yet! Haha. It was only my second session yesterday. So far I've explained my drinking history and patterns etc so the counsellor knows what he's dealing with I suppose. And we talked about my feelings around drinking etc. Yesterday I told him I was sometimes frustrated about the 'process' of giving up drinking - ie, not so much that I
want to drink but that I still think about it after four months sober. And so we talked about that for a while. One thing he said that I thought was interesting was that when you have a 'relationship' with something or someone for so long - even if it is or became an abusive relationship - and then it ends, there will be a period of adjustment and of course I will still think about that 'relationship' even if it was bad for me and leaving it is a positive step. For me it's NOT a period of 'mourning' for a 'friend' because I never thought of alcohol that way, but it was in my life for a long time and I guess it will take me a while to get used to it not being there.
I feel the first two sessions have been about me getting comfortable talking to him so that I can raise other, more personal, issues that I want to address which might be a contributory factor to my drinking. And I imagine (although I've never had counselling before) that he's slowly leading me towards talking about that stuff but at a pace that I feel comfortable with.
Have a happy day everyone!