CS: Hitting bottom means a person is ready to admit defeat in trying to control or drink in mod & finally admitting to being an alcoholic. Sometimes an event will cause a person to hit bottom. Such events would include:
-DUI
-Losing one's family, job, &/or money
-etc.
The more catastrophic the event, the lower the person's bottom is. A person may have to get several DUI's & lose his/her license before admitting. Another might only get one DUI...that person would have a higher bottom. My bottom was when I passed out & was taken to the hospital. After that I admitted I was an alcoholic, couldn't control my drinking, & joined AA. Some people in AA might say I had a high bottom, because that's all the consequences I had. It felt like a low bottom to me though. It was humiliating.
I hope I've explained it.
Mary
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