This blog aims to help you cope with living with an alcohol abuser. I know what you are going through because I have lived through this situation myself. So I have set up the "HELP PAGES" on the right to help you cope with an alcohol affected life. Please start with the first page: "Living with an Alcohol Abuser".

Sunday, February 10, 2013

WE ARE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL

This is one of the first, hard things we have to learn, and accept.

That we can do NOTHING, we are POWERLESS over the strength of alcohol once it takes over someone's mind.

We who have lived with alcoholism had to all learn it the hard way: nothing we tried or did stopped our loved one drinking.  NOTHING.

We have to learn a different way of living with our loved one while they drink. That new way means:

Learning to look after ourselves while the drinker continues to drink.

By looking after ourselves, and focusing on OUR needs, we take the pressure off the drinker - they find themselves free of pressure from US, and may begin to think about their problem.

So for today think about this:

KEEP  YOUR  HANDS OFF THE  DRINKER
KEEP YOUR  MIND  OFF THE DRINKER

KEEP  YOUR  MOUTH  OFF THE DRINKER

This is the start of focusing on yourself.

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