An intervention is often a last-ditch effort for the alcoholic who refuses to acknowledge or deal with their problem. The individual’s closest friends and family will gather together in an attempt to persuade them to get help. The thought of holding an intervention can be scary. What if the...
To deal with an alcoholic parent: Establish clear boundaries about when the alcoholic’s presence will be tolerated, Avoid arguments with the drinker and take...
Regardless of age, it is extremely painful and challenging to deal with an alcoholic parent. You can help get them on the road to recovery.
My big sister was cut so deep that she never recovered financially or otherwise. This was the beginning of a massively hard time for my big sister where she struggled to stay a float and to parent her child. It was also a hard time for my little sister who became an alcoholic and stru...
if you’re dealing with an alcoholic or drug addicted family member, their disease can very well affect your own happiness as well. One of the lessons taught in Al-Anon is that alcoholism is a family disease, and thus family members are “sick” as well. In order to live your life, ...
Yes, there is reason for hope that you, as a friend, family member or significant other, can (in most cases) influence another person’s drinking. Here are some suggestions for what to do and for what to not do: Ditch the term alcoholic. Even today it carries a lot of stigma and ...
It is common to think you have to deal with someone, when you actually do not. It is also common to believe you can get a toxic person to change while interacting with them. My experience is that unless you are a professional, you will not get them to change and trying it simply is...
Perhaps a mate or teenager has chosen to deal with his problems through alcohol.The statistics associated with alcoholism are startling. In America alone it is estimated that 65 million family members are directly affected by someone who is an alcoholic. It is estimated that 70 percent of the ...
He was an alcoholic, not abusive, but embarrassing, and I got tired of it. I remarried, divorced, now I’m living with by BF. (I’m 67). Jumping to the point…two of my girls live in OK, one in TX (the middle one, just turned 40). She recently had a baby and I decided ...
David, who lose interest in the idea just when she was running hot. Carrie bumps into (the cigarette of) very cute film composer Patrick Casey. She is puzzled how reluctantly he takes further steps until he confesses to be a recovering alcoholic, but when she is the one hitting the ...