WHY CAN'T THEY STOP DRINKING??

You may well ask yourself, as I did: IF THEY LOVE ME, WHY CAN'T THEY GIVE UP THE DRINKING?

When we turn to AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS as I did (in desperation - nothing else worked) I found the answer:

It's not that they DON'T love us - they DO.

It's because ALCOHOL is STRONGER  THAN  THEIR  LOVE  FOR  US.

We who can control our drinking, do not realise how the drug alcohol has taken control of the mind of our loved one.

It controls their mind now, the only thing, once they pick up that first drink, is where is my next drink coming from?

Their mind is in the grip of a powerful drug - ALCOHOL.  Now, nothing else matters.  Not you, the kids, the job, the bills, the rent, how they look, NOTHING MATTERS - EXCEPT ALCOHOL.

WHAT CAN WE DO??

SEEK HELP.  You most likely will not cope with this on your own. I couldn't. I only found help when I turned to my local Al-Anon Family Group.

There I found people who were, or had, suffered as I was and UNDERSTOOD my problems.

The Al-Anon literature I found to be most helpful in explaining how my loved one was being controlled by alcohol and what I could do about it.

SEEK HELP.  YOU CANNOT  STOP THE DRINKING.

You have to learn to survive until hopefully, your drinker finds a REASON to stop drinking.

Until then you have to stay sane - check out AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS.

SEE the HELP PAGES For contact details around the world.

Look up your local Telephone directory. Check it out on the Net.

But Look please - it's the fastest way to sanity and recovery - FOR YOU!