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Devastated By An Alcoholic-Family Falling Apart

When I attended my first support group meeting, I was totally devastated. The out of control alcoholic in the immediate family was causing our happy home to denigrate. The children covered their real emotions well with smiles on the outside, but I knew on the inside the relationship with their mother was falling apart. She [...]

Help Overcoming Fear of an Alcoholic Relapse

As I was growing up, I saw my mother (the alcoholic) relapse on many occasions. This for sure created a fear in me during the times when she was sober that she was going to relapse again. Thank God she finally got into AA and remained completely clean for over twenty years before she died. [...]

Protect Yourself From an Alcoholism Disorder in The Family

There are a few distinct ways that an alcoholism disorder can have devastating effects on the family. I’ve heard it said that living with an alcoholic can be compared to a mobile that hangs over a babies crib. If you just touch it everything hanging on the mobile is effected. The same is true when [...]

Common Alcoholic Addictions

It’s common in AA meetings for an alcoholic to confess that they have many addictions. It’s also common among recovering addicts to substitute one for another. The truth of the matter is that people who have an addictive personality can engage in obsessive behaviors toward many different things. The way an addicts mind works is [...]