Your family, your friends, your boss, all have talked to you about your drinking.
You are no longer in denial. You have to stop drinking, but how? You have already taken the first step so let’s get you started on the rest of them.
* You should probably see a physician. Alcohol can wreak havoc on the body long before it starts to show, so going to the doctors to get a physical, and having an honest...
There has been alcohol in the USA since before it legally became the USA.
The Puritans were said to have loaded more beer than water for their trek to the New World. Back in colonial times, the settlers consumed alcohol. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in a bar in Philadelphia. Alcohol in itself was not thought of as being bad, but drunkenness was. People could drink as...
One of the most painful situations in life can occur when a friend or loved one is struggling from a drug or alcohol addiction problem.
The first things that most of us want to do are jump in, offer support and fix everything. If only it were that simple. If your friend is walking down this path to destruction, it’s only natural that you want to help, but the first thing to understand is that more than...
Is quite simply, because it can kill you.
It can also kill innocent bystanders. Are you sitting there thinking those are overly dramatic statements? Then you have not had a loved one taken from you thanks to alcohol addiction. Whether you are the one with the addiction, a loved one, or someone who had an innocent family member taken, you know why and how alcohol addiction is bad.
* First off, alcohol addiction...
There is an abundance of help out there for alcoholics and their loved ones.
Many people are afraid to reach out for help because they feel it means they are weak, but just the opposite is true.
People who reach out for help have a lot of courage. Others neglect getting help because they think it will reflect badly on their family.
“Alcoholism does not discriminate. It affects every type of family from every...
