2007-02-07 16:52:11 · 9 answers · asked by talk2bobbie 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
My dad is a recovering alcoholic. He started drinking about 30 years ago and just went to rehab last October. He attends AA meetings every week and is still sober. He said he can't believe how good it feels to wake up without a hangover every day. If you are concerned talk to him about it. I know you don't want to hear this, but it is important to remember that he won't get clean unless HE wants to get clean. Don't make him do it. He'll just do it behind your back. He has to want to do it for himself, not for anyone else. Good luck.
2007-02-07 16:59:07 · answer #1 · answered by Loki's Mommy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
was in that boat... she'd steal my credit card to buy beer to drink herself into a stupor while i was at work at least a few times a week then hide the bottles and come up with excuses why she slept till 12-1 every day
we had tons of other problems like fake pregnancy she pulled so i didn't waste my time but if you love them then try to positivly work through. Don't try to come off motherly or as a friend but support their quitting and showing that your not happy with their habit
2007-02-08 00:57:32 · answer #2 · answered by massure4hire 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and when you hear my problem you will probably say thank God I'm not in her shoes. My husband and I recently moved to Japan due to military. My husband works a 7-3 job if he comes home it might be 11pm if I'm lucky or he just stays out the entire night and or weekend. I've offered to go to AA with him but he's in denial. I can't change him nor his problem. I can only pray to God for him.
2007-02-09 06:07:13 · answer #3 · answered by Jerry S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm nopt one to blame drinking on a sickness. They drink Therefore they're Idiots. But that don't mean you have to put up with it. It ain't gonna get any better And you may end up being hurt. Financially or physically. Emotionally is a garauntee. But you have to see that you're messing yourself up. By putting up with it. Love isn't a reason to Drink. They Drink. They don't Love. Get away now!
2007-02-08 00:59:09 · answer #4 · answered by Goggles 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my husband was a alcoholic so i was in the same boat he would hide his liquor bottles and say he quit i fianally told him if he was going to drink do it in front of me i didn't like him drinking because hed get mean violent so i poured lot out were seprated now
2007-02-11 14:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by sweetgranny06 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was, but there are diffrent kinds of drunks. you got the happy,angry, sad, my wife was the angry. throwing stuff, cursing, etc, the important thing to do is, catch them when there sobber and confront them express your feelings, let them know how its affecting you and them, if that does not work it is time to move on. my wife and i go to aa. meetings toghther and she has been sobber for 1 year. good luck
2007-02-08 01:36:37 · answer #6 · answered by 1derful1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but encouraging him to stop is through introducing him to people who were affected by alcohol, stories of real life foe example: he can get gangren in his feet, his feet will have to be amputated. that's one, I used to sudy physiotherapy, so I am aware that alcohol is a slower body and brain killer. also, through my studies in child care, alcohol affect the brain, and behaviour. I would advice you to take him to counselling in your college, school.
2007-02-08 00:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by Summer O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup, were in the same boat ... worst comes to worst he may drop as an alcoholic .... better think of an excellent escape plan ...
2007-02-08 00:58:35 · answer #8 · answered by majal_lu 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just tell them they have two weeks to get help...or your moving on...sometimes tough love is the best medicine.
2007-02-08 01:02:26 · answer #9 · answered by Chocolate_Bunny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋