[InOne]

The thing is if a dependent alcoholic ends up in hospital for two days or something then that's not nearly enough time for a detox. What will happen is they'll be given librium for a few days and kicked out again once they seem stable. It's fair enough because they need beds but it's normally with no advice about alcoholism and they're still dependent. Then the cycle begins again.

I was lucky to get a full detox but that's only because I was homeless, if I'd have gone back to my old home environment I would've been straight back on it. So can't fault them for getting in contact with services to find me somewhere to live. I've completely taken the piss in the past though and I can understand why people have a view with alcoholics and hospital. But there's all sorts of stuff going on rather than the alcohol normally.