Rehab centers all over are filled with people who don’t have a problem. I know because I was in one and nothing was wrong with me. So what, I liked to get my drink on every now and again. That didn’t mean something was wrong with me. My girlfriend had absolutely no idea what she was talking about. She kept insisting that I was in denial and that I really needed to see someone before things got bad. I told her she was insane, but I decided to acquiesce when she threatened to leave me. I figured what the hell, I’ll just go and show her how incredibly wrong she was. Once she saw that I was fine it would take her years to get all the egg off of her face. Of course it didn’t happen like that at all.

Rehab centers are places where people like me go to find out just how bad their addictions are. When I checked in their were a gaggle of other folks who were saying the same thing that I was. We were all basically in denial. It sucks to find out that you do have a problem when you’re already on the inside. I guess it’s because it’s so hard to believe that it took you that long to figure it out. Some people find it impossible to get over, but there’s so much more stuff to focus on that you just have to let go. Seriously, because once you let go that’s when the healing begins.