Does anyone know an alcoholic?

Question

How do you treat them and what do you think of them?

Answer 1

Un fortunetly my mum is an alcoholic and this has destroyed our relationship. We no longer speak and she has nothing to do with my kids. Im very angry with her and want to hate her but cant as shes still my mum.
You cant help an alcoholic until they want to be helped. Then visist the gp for help

Answer 2

Growing up, my mom was one and my dad was a social drinker. My uncle was one also and several of my brothers and sisters were when they grew up. So you might say that I was surrounded by alcoholics.
I was a younger child and indifferent to the drinking problem that the adults were dealing with. I thought that this was the norm.
I didn't treat anyone any different than I would treat the average person on the street. I didn't hate the person but the drinking is what I hated and wished my family didn't enter into it because of the personality changes and violence it led to that occurred. I loved my family and still do today but hate how the alcohol had complete control of their lives.
I don't think any more or less of them because it is all a matter of choice and this is what they chose and this is how their lives ended up, wasted and ruined and old before their time.

Answer 3

Yes, I know an alcoholic, and before you can treat them, they must want to stop drinking that is the most important thing, there are a number of techinques dr's can use to help an alcoholic of alcohol, the typical withdrawl medication is a drug called librium, which is used to help treat withdreal aymptoms, lots of counselling, help and support, there should also be a support package in place, and PRAISE, I dnt know what area you are frm so cannot direct you to any services within your area, although if you look in the phone book there should be a list of helplines, I wish your friend or whoever it is all the luck in the world to beat their addiction, and remember an alcoholic is not a drunk it is a person with underlying problems tht they are hiding through drink.

Answer 4

There is no single treatment for an alcoholic. It depends on the personality of the individual and the reasons why they drink.

Some people will feel that they can never drink again, others may find that as other things improve in their lives they can be social drinkers and alcohol no longer has to rule their lives.

What do I think of alcoholics? Well that is a pretty broad question, I know nice people who are alcoholics and nasty people who are alcoholics. What do I think of drunks? They tend to be a pain in the ****...I am a massive pain in the **** when drunk. Thank god my answers ran out last night

Answer 5

Yes, I used to go out with one.
He used to punch me, threaten me with a knife & was jealous to the extreme.
I did get him to go to an AA meeting (after ringing the lady who conducted the meeting, who herself was a recovering alcoholic & discussing the situation with her) but before the meeting got underway he started screaming at me in front of everyone and had his fist in my face. I was extremely upset & embarrased but the people who were at the meeting told me not to be embarrased because some of them were like that before they stopped drinking. The woman conducting the meeting had told me previously over the phone that she didn't know if my then boyfriend was an alcoholic without actually seeing him but when she saw him(taking into account the things I had already told her) she said that he was & if he didn't want to be helped there was nothing I could do about it but I didn't have to sit & watch him & let him take me with him. I did leave him, both because of the alcohol & the physical abuse.

I know another gentleman where I used to work who is an alcoholic but he is exactly the opposite....a lovely man.

I personally treat addicts or anyone else the same. If they are ok with me, I am ok with them, if not, I leave them alone.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, you cannot "treat" an alcoholic unless they ask for help. Confiscating alcohol and making ultimatums makes the alcoholic even more tempted to drink (even if they have to go out and restock).

All you can really do is protect yourself from the alcoholic by using whatever means necessary e.g. walking out of the property.

In addition, you can use suttle techniques e.g. taking the person out very first thing in the morning to somewhere where alcohol isn't available. However, if they sneak a bottle in their bag, then you could find yourself in a difficult situation.

Answer 7

Yes, I think a friend of mine is an alcoholic but she will not admit it.. She has been in for DUI twice, and sometimes when she has called me I have sensed she has been drinking. She slurrs a lot and repeats stuff over and over that is how I know and other friends we know have noticed this too. I am not around her a lot anymore but when I was she constantly drank. If she calls me and she is drinking I do not like to talk to her. She has beeen to a few AA meetings but quit. I do tease her once in a while about being in jail. I do not tease her like I used to. I figure if I be more of a supportive friend and be there for her maybe she will quit.

Answer 8

Unfortunately I know a few alcoholics, It all depends on how they treat me in the first place, If it's worth it, I'll try and talk to them about it, and it actually helped with a friend of mine as in to recognise the problem beneath the drinking. If they lie about it, as long as it doesn't hurt me, I'll still show that I don't buy their excuses, but leave them alone because sometimes it only makes it worse if you constantly confront them. And those who are abusive and loud and totaly not themselves in a drunk state, I kick out of my life!

Answer 9

They are a pain in the ****: I know three and they are all selfish, unfunny, wasteful and boorish. Their homes are dirty and they let others down frequently and get into trouble with the law.

They cannot be treated as such: the best thing is for them to go on a cognitive-behaviorist programme, or join the AA.

They will probably harbour the illusion that they can cut down their drinking~they have to realise that this is impossible and that they will have to abstain altogether.

But you will waste your time trying to persude them as in the end it is entirely up to them.

Answer 10

Yes, my ex-boyfriends dad was an alcoholic. Its hard to be around him because he's always drunk and he says alot of hurtful things and to see the way he treats his son is horrible. But I still give him some love and compassion because he's obviously been through something or been taught wrong in order to be this way. I am still trying to get him to join AA.