A Family Disease Alcoholism is “a family disease.” It’s said that at least five other people experience the effects of each drinker’s alcoholism, coined “secondhand drinking,” byLisa Frederiksen.We try to control the situation, the drinking, and the alcoholic. If you live with an alc...
Exploration of the Lives of Women with ACOAs Living with an Alcoholic Spouse: A Life History Theory Approachdoi:10.12934/JKPMHN.2021.30.3.220Yoonwoo KoMihyoung LeeEunjin LeeHeekyun KimSihyun ParkSeung Woo ChoiThe Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing...
The writer/artist in a box. The recovering alcoholic in a box. The wife in a box. The animal that needs sleep, food, etc. In a box. In one 24-hour period, I would box-hop: The animal sleeps. The writer writes. The mom gets kids ready for school. The professional commutes to ...
Having said that–Do all things with patience and out of love–not anger. I feel that both parent(s)and the child(ren) need to come up with a plan (short & long term goals) that all can live with. Then sit down and hash out a plan. Together look at the plans and together make...
When I was actively drinking, I wasn't embarrassed to admit to other drunks that I was an alcoholic. After I quit, I had to deal with the stigma of, He's a recovering alcoholic, and people treated me differently. But now, I'm just someone who doesn't drink. However that stigma ke...