kim715 Feb 01, 2009 NOTHING is ever hopeless.Addiction and alcoholism is a life long fight and you do not lose unless you stop fighting.Relapse is part of the process my friend.I have been there before.Not too many of us that get it right the first time.You have done it before,you have had some substantial periods of clean time,so you CAN DO THIS.Stopping the drugs or the alcohol is the easy part,it is st