Living with an alcoholic some dos and don ts.
Title:
Living with an alcoholic ˘ some dos and don´ts.
Word Count:
632
Summary:
Most people who live with people with alcohol problems spend much of their time trying to make
Keywords:
alcoholic, living with an alcoholic, enabling, co-dependency
Article Body:
One of the commonest questions anyone working in the addiction field is asked is ˆHow can I st
There is some good news, however, and that is if you can´t actually stop them drinking then th
Don´t protect the drinker from the naturally occurring consequences of drinking.
Don´t protect the drinker from other consequences.
Don´t collude with the drinker.
If they emba
If they take time off work through being t
If they spend all their money on drink don´t lend them money
Don´t join in and drink along with the drinker.
It may seem a natural thing to do ˘ ˆif you c
Don´t scream and shout and nag about the drinking behaviour.
Don´t make threats and give ultimatums.
This just provides an excuse to
Unless you are actually prepared to carry out these t
Don´t cry and sulk and withdraw to punish the drinker.
The drinker can again view his as beha
Don´t try and have a meaningful conversation about the drinkers behaviour or your lives togeth
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Living with an alcoholic ˘ some dos and don´ts.
Word Count:
632
Summary:
Most people who live with people with alcohol problems spend much of their time trying to make
Keywords:
alcoholic, living with an alcoholic, enabling, co-dependency
Article Body:
One of the commonest questions anyone working in the addiction field is asked is ˆHow can I st
There is some good news, however, and that is if you can´t actually stop them drinking then th
Don´t protect the drinker from the naturally occurring consequences of drinking.
Don´t protect the drinker from other consequences.
Don´t collude with the drinker.
If they emba
If they take time off work through being t
If they spend all their money on drink don´t lend them money
Don´t join in and drink along with the drinker.
It may seem a natural thing to do ˘ ˆif you c
Don´t scream and shout and nag about the drinking behaviour.
Don´t make threats and give ultimatums.
This just provides an excuse to
Unless you are actually prepared to carry out these t
Don´t cry and sulk and withdraw to punish the drinker.
The drinker can again view his as beha
Don´t try and have a meaningful conversation about the drinkers behaviour or your lives togeth
This is a demo version of txt2pdf v.10.1
Developed by SANFACE Software http://www.sanface.com/
Available at http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html