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Originally Posted by Thinny
Not everyone works the same Becky. People deal with things differently, I have seen so many different instances of how people deal with this, you can't just blanket it say and that it works like that all the time for everyone. In fact, when treating something like this that is one of the worst things you can do.
Richie's problems seemed to start from dealing with the pain of his father passing away and his marriage break up. You deal with that....what is making the drinking become a problem and how to deal with it, rather than the drinking itself, then you are winning the battle.
A lot of people that go into rehab can absolutely drink afterwards without going overboard, if they deal with the reasons why they were drinking so heavily in the first place. Whether it's the loss of someone, the break up of a relationship, or just the fact they don't want to (or are unable to) deal with something in their lives...
If you are just addicted to the drink that's different altogether...but that simply isn't the case for everyone.
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But that is exactly the case for Richie. He is an addict.
Richie may have initially started drinking too much as a way to cope with what he was going through, but his problem drinking eventually became a full blown alcohol addiction, on top of his pain pill addiction. He has been in rehab three times (that we know of) because addicts like Richie are incapable of drinking in moderation. Alcohol dependence changes the physiology of the brain, and an addicted brain simply can't and won't stop after just one or two drinks. Richie himself even said a couple of years ago that it is a constant struggle to stay sober, though it is clear he hasn't been sober for some time now.
Abstinence is the only solution for Richie. Three failed stints in rehab prove that.