How many times have you found yourself uttering incredulous gasps, “What do you mean, you don’t remember?” or engaging in an argument with someone you care about because of something they said or did while they were drunk? Have you ever had them just stare at you, stone faced, as if to challenge your recollection… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: January 2009
What This Disease Can Do – This Disease of Alcoholism
Sometimes it can help to understand what this disease can do - this chronic, often relapsing brain disease of alcoholism. “On the night before Christmas there was great sorrow in my home. My mother passed away at the age of 60. She didn’t have cancer. No heart attack. She didn’t get in a bad car accident… Continue Reading
Winter Formals and How To Help Teens Avoid Alcohol Use
Winter Formals, Homecoming Dances, Spring Breaks – How To Help Teens Avoid Alcohol Use There is much discussion amongst parents about school dances and transportation — should they hire a limo, host a mini-van, share driving amongst the parents, let the teens drive? Underlying these discussions are admonishments not to drink, not to drive with… Continue Reading
Help Your Teen Avoid Underage Drinking – Help Your Teen Succed
Help your teen avoid underage drinking by helping your teen get organized in order to succeed in school. One of the outcomes of underage drinking is failure in school, but viewed another way, it could be the young person’s drinking that caused their poor school performance. Either way, this amazing video, Get Ready for Success,… Continue Reading
Getting An Alcoholic Into Treatment
Getting an alcoholic into treatment can seem just about impossible. You’ve likely heard the loved one of an alcohol abuser / addict or even yourself say, “There’s nothing I can do if she doesn’t want to get help.” or “He hasn’t hit his bottom, yet.” And, this was certainly the prevailing belief for YEARS. But,… Continue Reading
Make Time to Worry (and NOT) – Help for Families of Alcoholics | Addicts
Help for families of alcoholics | addicts – make time to worry (and NOT) – because we Worry. Worry. Worry. So much so that we can’t seem not to worry! At least that was true for me. Over the past decades of loving and living with various loved ones’ alcohol abuse and alcoholism, I was… Continue Reading
And They All Fall Down | This Thing They Call Denial
And they all fall down | this thing they call denial – ah that word, “denial.” I was just trying to help. I knew there was a problem, but I knew I could make it stop if I just tried hard enough. And they call that “denial?” One of the keys to the progression of… Continue Reading