I can remember those nights, the nights before I realized I was an alcoholic. Sitting at the bar telling myself that I’ve worked myself to death all day and that the 8 hour day was only the beginning to what I was going to see this week. Since it was only Monday, I told myself I was going to take it easy and not have too many. Then I began to think about everything. My boss, my co-workers, the work I had sitting in front me waiting on my desk for the day tomorrow. With that, the drinks began to flow a little more freely. I thought it wasn’t that bad a deal, what is one more drink after all? That was the worst thing I could tell myself. By the end of the night I was closing the bar down, I had spent more than I had planned with my account already bordering the bottom. At that point I knew I was facing an issue.

I was tired of waking up the same way day after day. Broke, not feeling well and wondering when it was going to end. I kept telling myself I had it under control and in the long run I could not have been more wrong. Addiction treatment was going to be my only option. It was just finding the right place to help me battle the demons I had running through my mind and defeating the ones that had consumed my body.

Just like everyone else I had told myself over and over again, “I don’t need alcohol rehab. I can beat this on my own.” The problem was that it had consumed me enough that even the best self-help book or seminar wasn’t going to lead to a solution. I was going to need something deeper than just an AA program. I needed something more than a group of people just talking about their problems and wondering if they were in the right place to find help.

An alcohol rehab center was going to be my only choice. I just had to find the right one. Low and behold, I found Sunset Malibu. More than just a rehab facility, their trained professionals were able to help me see both the inner lining of the problem I was dealing with, as well as getting me through the addiction. They were able to show me a better way of life, and had a great system to get me sober, get me to open up about why I turned to alcohol and help me to find healthier and better solutions to face my problems.