Alcoholic's Friend » Setting Boundaries http://alcoholicsfriend.com Help for people affected by alcoholics Fri, 18 May 2012 10:50:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Power of Persistence in Reinforcing Boundaries With Alcoholics http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2011/03/power-persistence-reinforcing-boundaries-alcoholics/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2011/03/power-persistence-reinforcing-boundaries-alcoholics/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:47:22 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=1370 You cannot back down once you begin to change how you interact with alcoholics. Consistency and persistence are very crucial to your success. In other words- don’t give up no matter how much resistance you may have to contend with in relation to the boundaries you’ve set.

Imagine yourself and the boundary as being a large [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2011/03/power-persistence-reinforcing-boundaries-alcoholics/feed/ 0 No Name Calling | Horrible Names Not Allowed http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/12/no-name-calling-allowed/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/12/no-name-calling-allowed/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:18:24 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=258 This is something that took me a while to learn how to do, I had to start standing up for my self. When setting boundaries, one if the things I had to do was tell the problem drinker to stop calling me horrible names. When the alcoholic I was living with  got mad, they thought [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/12/no-name-calling-allowed/feed/ 0 Setting Boundaries With Alcoholics Who Display Unacceptable Behavior http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/setting-boundaries-with-alcoholics-who-display-unacceptable-behavior/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/setting-boundaries-with-alcoholics-who-display-unacceptable-behavior/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:25:00 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=63 The process of learning how to protect yourself through setting boundaries takes time. Alcoholics can have a tendency to belittle those around them. Enabling them to heap unacceptable behavior upon us can become a way of life. We must learn a few emotional tools to use in order to protect ourselves from the many insults [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/setting-boundaries-with-alcoholics-who-display-unacceptable-behavior/feed/ 3