(http://realizationcenternyc.com/) Founder of the Realization Centers, drug and alcohol rehab centers in NY, Marilyn White discusses what makes drugs and alcohol so appealing in the beginning. For more information, be sure to visit our website or give us a call at (212) 627-9600.
Video Transcription:
It gives you courage. In the beginning alcohol gives you courage. It gives you the ability to stand up and give a speech. It’s very hard to do that when you’re sober. Give me a drink, you know. I could do it very easily because you get that false courage, you get that false pride, you get all that stuff that’s based on the alcohol’s really talking. It says, cocaine now, I never tried it, but cocaine they say oh my god, it makes you feel so powerful when you first start using it. Very very powerful, nobody can touch you. If you’re in real estate you can sell a hundred houses cause you’ve got the gift to give and you have that self esteem. Take away that, it comes in and he’s like a vegetable. Now we’ve got to build him up to sobriety.
Comments