Alcoholic's Friend » emotions 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 Loving The Alcoholic By Letting Go-How Can This Be Love? http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/loving-the-alcoholic-by-letting-go-how-can-this-be-love/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/loving-the-alcoholic-by-letting-go-how-can-this-be-love/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:54:11 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=352 Loving our children, spouses and friends seems to be something that we “do” naturally. Letting go of the alcoholic means that we must learn to love them differently. Alcoholism is considered to be an illness or a disease. How could letting go of someone who is sick possibly work?

Understanding the concept takes time. Eventually [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2010/03/loving-the-alcoholic-by-letting-go-how-can-this-be-love/feed/ 5 Learning How to Live With Active Alcoholism http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/10/learning-how-to-live-with-active-alcoholism/ http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/10/learning-how-to-live-with-active-alcoholism/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:25:01 +0000 admin http://alcoholicsfriend.com/?p=136 After years of frustration, I finally began learning how to live with the person who was struggling with active alcoholism in our home. It wasn’t until I sought out to get help that I learned how to better control my emotions in the midst of this delicate situation. Living with someone who drinks alcohol all [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://alcoholicsfriend.com/2009/10/learning-how-to-live-with-active-alcoholism/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