Alcoholic's Friend » Effects Of Drinking http://alcoholicsfriend.com Help for people affected by alcoholics Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:39:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Woman I Married Has A Drinking Problem http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2011/09/woman-married-drinking-problem/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2011/09/woman-married-drinking-problem/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:44:29 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=1896 This is a guest post. His story about the woman he married sounds all too familiar. There are many similarities to the relationship I had with my wife who had a drinking problem. Although all of our stories are different, they have common threads that reveal that alcoholism is destroying peoples lives. I have included [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2011/09/woman-married-drinking-problem/feed/ 3 Tension Associated With Being Around An Alcoholic http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2011/07/tension-associated-being-around-alcoholic/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2011/07/tension-associated-being-around-alcoholic/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:26:06 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=1701 There is a certain amount of tension that surrounds every relationship with an alcoholic. Perhaps you have been living with an alcoholic for so long that it has become a way of life for you to cower. I have identified that when I am around someone with a drinking problem, I have a tendency to [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2011/07/tension-associated-being-around-alcoholic/feed/ 0 Losing a Person to Alcoholism http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/06/losing-person-alcoholism/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/06/losing-person-alcoholism/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:26:33 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=598 It was during the Christmas season when I experienced the pain of Losing a loved one. The person was one of my best friends. He had struggled with alcoholism for many years. There had been several times through the years when he had fallen into such a deep depression that he would start talking about [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/06/losing-person-alcoholism/feed/ 0 Problems Associated in Living with an Alcohol Drinker http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/problems-associated-living-alcohol-drinker/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/problems-associated-living-alcohol-drinker/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:41:27 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=381 There are a number of problems we find associated to living with an alcohol addicted regular drinker. Alcoholism has many personality attributes, but not all of them apply to everyone struggling with the disease. I have had the opportunity of living with several active addicts and have myself been addicted to a few things.

As [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/problems-associated-living-alcohol-drinker/feed/ 0 Tips for Dealing With Parents Drinking Alcohol http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/how-to-deal-with-an-alcoholic-parent/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/how-to-deal-with-an-alcoholic-parent/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:51:48 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=374 Growing up in this type of atmosphere was very difficult for me because mom was a closet drinker and would go on binges that were awful. I would always be extremely embarrassed to bring friends over after school or on the weekends. Very rarely did I ever invite them to spend the night either. I [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/how-to-deal-with-an-alcoholic-parent/feed/ 0 Will I Become an Alcoholic if My Parents Drink http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/will-i-become-an-alcoholic-if-my-parents-drink/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/will-i-become-an-alcoholic-if-my-parents-drink/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:39:20 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=361 Evidence shows that fifty to sixty percent of the people who become alcoholics are found to have alcoholism in their genetics. This leaves up to forty percent of the population that do not become alcoholics because a parent had a problem with drinking alcohol. These statistics have been found from a reliable source dealing with [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/will-i-become-an-alcoholic-if-my-parents-drink/feed/ 4 When We Discover a Relative is an Alcoholic http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/when-we-discover-a-relative-is-an-alcoholic/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/when-we-discover-a-relative-is-an-alcoholic/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:22:22 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=324 Of course our entire world is rocked to pieces when we discover that a close friend or relative is an alcoholic. Many people in the world do not understand what this type of thing means until it happens to them. Perhaps they have led a sheltered life or have had the privileged of wearing rose [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/when-we-discover-a-relative-is-an-alcoholic/feed/ 0 Family Confusion Alcoholism Problems http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/12/family-confusion-alcoholism-problems/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/12/family-confusion-alcoholism-problems/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:53:59 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=264 It seems as though confusion in the family started at a very young age for many of us who are adult children of alcoholics. Thinking back in my life, when my father passed away when I was age five, my memories of my mother are that she was always in the bed sick. I realize [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/12/family-confusion-alcoholism-problems/feed/ 2 How Many Times to Forgive http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/10/how-many-times-to-forgive/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/10/how-many-times-to-forgive/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:05:04 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=140 It seems that when we live in a life filled with active drug and alcohol use, there are times when it’s hard to forgive the alcoholic. At one point in my life the pain of the continued let downs, by the problem drinker, got so intense that I wondered how on earth will I ever [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/10/how-many-times-to-forgive/feed/ 0 Alcoholic Spouse-Emotional, Physical, Spiritual Abuse http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/alcoholic-spouse-emotional-physical-spiritual-abuse/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/alcoholic-spouse-emotional-physical-spiritual-abuse/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:06:23 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=77 Living with an alcoholic spouse who is heaping relentless emotional, physical and spiritual abuse upon family members is tough to deal with. Can this extreme negative behavior be tolerated? Is it possible to put and end to the turmoil that accompanies a dysfunctional home without a divorce? Is there a way to live with a [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/alcoholic-spouse-emotional-physical-spiritual-abuse/feed/ 0