Drug Abuse Treatment | Being a "High Bottom Drunk"

Being a 'high bottom drunk' is not a reason to stay away from drug abuse treatment. These are addicts who have real problems, rarely catastrophic but always harmful. Drug abuse treatment can help someone of this nature, someone who is able to minimize the significance alcohol or drugs play in their lives by tooting their many accomplishments. High bottom drunks function quite well, are normally very successful, but they do pay a price by hurting themselves and others.

High bottom drunks are much more common than low bottom drunks. Unfortunately you hear mostly about the low bottoms because they've trudged a path, leaving a wake of destruction. Fortunately most high bottom drunks have a defining moment where they've placed their life in jeopardy and they seek help through treatment or a twelve-step program.