One very difficult part of family recovery from a loved one’s alcohol misuse is learning to talk to one another in a manner that the other can ‘hear.’ And, a big part of that is the blaming that went on for so long… “If you’d just stop drinking so much, things would be fine!” or “If you’d stop nagging me all the time, I wouldn’t drink!”
The following video, “Blame and How It Hurts Relationships,” can help. It was created by Jim Hutt, Ph.D., MFT, www.counselorlink.com. Dr. Hutt specializes in relationships, family, parenting and addictions counseling. What he has to say about communicating with a partner will be especially helpful to couples whose relationship has been deeply affected by a partner’s drinking.
