Alcoholic's Friend » anxiety 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 Living With Alcohol Addicted People http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/04/living-with-alcohol-addicted-people/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/04/living-with-alcohol-addicted-people/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:14:13 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=384 I learned how to cope with a spouse who was hard to deal with because of the alcohol that she was addicted to. Growing up my mother and step father had a tendency to drink too much on occasion. When I was a teenager I had my first light-headed experience with the substance. For all [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/04/living-with-alcohol-addicted-people/feed/ 0 How to Not Respond to An Alcoholic http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/02/how-to-not-respond-to-an-alcoholic/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/02/how-to-not-respond-to-an-alcoholic/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:56:18 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=318 I thought I would never be able to stop responding to the troublesome things that the alcoholic in my life would direct toward me. I learned how to not respond by attending Al-anon meetings and through praying for help. I’ll never forget how hard it was to relinquish the old behavior patterns. They [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/02/how-to-not-respond-to-an-alcoholic/feed/ 0 Alcoholic Makes Me Mad-Ways to stop getting frustrated http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/10/alcoholic-makes-me-mad-ways-to-stop-getting-frustrated/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/10/alcoholic-makes-me-mad-ways-to-stop-getting-frustrated/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:15:47 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=128 Self-control is one of the most difficult things to master in our lives when we are dealing with someone who is constantly doing things that upset us. After years of fighting, I finally learned many reasons why the alcoholic in my life makes me so angry at times. Getting upset with someone on a continual [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/10/alcoholic-makes-me-mad-ways-to-stop-getting-frustrated/feed/ 0 Alcoholics Personality Traits-Coping with anger disorders http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/alcoholics-personality-traits-coping-with-anger-disorders/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/alcoholics-personality-traits-coping-with-anger-disorders/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:13:28 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=36 Among alcoholics one of the many irritating personality traits is anger. Dealing with an angry drunk is challenging. Coping with this disorder when they’ve been drinking is difficult. Even sober, the negative emotion seems to be dominating in the character of a regular alcohol drinker.

Not all people who suffer from being addicted to alcohol are [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/alcoholics-personality-traits-coping-with-anger-disorders/feed/ 5 Stop Arguing With an Alcoholic-Ways to end fighting http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/stop-arguing-with-an-alcoholic-ways-to-end-fighting/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/09/stop-arguing-with-an-alcoholic-ways-to-end-fighting/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:10:41 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=19 How can you stop arguing with a husband, wife, son, coworker, daughter or friend who is an alcoholic? It can seem impossible at times because there is constant turmoil and looming anxiety that surrounds the life of an alcohol addicted person.

This following statement is the solid foundation that needs to be built upon:

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