Burden in My Hand Lyrics Meaning

I think it is about alcoholism. "Follow me into the desert as thirsty as you are" dry out man. " Drown in alcohol" obviously alcohol right there. "I shot my love today" relapse and drinking again, taking a shot of liquor. "Would you cry for me" family despair. "I lost my head again, would you lie for me" lots of possibilities, like tell my boss I'm sick, etc. "Kill your health and kill yourself, and kill everything you love" later stage alcoholism where one dies at the end. It goes on and on.
Definably alcoholism, to me.