Is your loved one's constant drinking upsetting you and making you angry?
Maybe you were feeling frustrated after doing everything you could think of to stop the drinking, only to find you were powerless over the drinking, and then became angry?
This happens to most of us - anger is a natural response when we realise that we are suffering because of our loved one's drinking. It's not healthy for us and it doesn't help, but its what happens to us when we see our loved one sinking into a hopeless situation: not being able to control the drinking.
But it does not have to stay that way: there is a way past anger, but we have to learn some different attitudes to our drinker. He or she is feeling bad about the constant need to drink and does not know what to do about it. And it does not help if we are angry - in fact we make things worse.
If we rant at our drinker, they are likely to drink more to escape our wrath and condemnation.
Have a look at the HELP PAGES over on the right to see how I worked my way through this situation and got help when I thought all was lost.
This is for YOU.
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