How Can I Help My Alcoholic Husband?

How Can I Help My Alcoholic Husband?

No one sets out to be the best alcoholic they can be.<br /><br />So why do some people become alcoholics and others don’t?<br />Why do alcoholics feel compelled to drink?<br />Why don't they stop?<br />If they do stop for a while why don’t they stay stopped?<br />Why couldn't I help my husband?<br />Why didn't counselors and 12 step programs help?<br />If he loved us why did he keep drinking?<br />Why did the craving for alcohol get worse over time?<br /><br />Excellent books and websites are discussed which offer personal health plans with a high success rate. <br /><br />The damage done to the brain and body by the alcohol must be repaired. If in sober times the drinker is able to see that others have become well without struggling to stay sober each day, he will be encouraged. It will not happen overnight but the seed will have been sewn. The alcoholic must want to help himself and all we can do is offer alternative solutions that have a good success rate. <br />Alcoholics are individuals and one type of treatment can never fit all. <br />No alcoholic ever wants or thinks they need ‘treatment.’ They don’t want our help because they see no reason to change a life they are happy with. It must be their choice whether to take advantage of the options to restore their health or not. Only then can we say we have done the best we could to help them with the knowledge available today. <br /><br />Index<br /><br />Tunnel Vision<br />No Alcoholic Wants Treatment<br />We are all Individuals<br />We Also Get Angry<br />It Is Not All About You<br />The Family Is Involved By Default<br />My Personal Experience<br />The Pretext of Normality<br />The Great Why?<br />An Unhealthy Brain<br />What Alcohol Depletes<br />Understanding Sugar<br />An Automatic Response<br />Peace of Mind<br />Inner Turmoil<br />It Is Just How I Am<br />Not Happy People<br />It Is Easy To Read<br />Happiness.....What Happiness?<br />A Need to Cope<br />Myths<br />Words<br />Co-dependents<br />Something Has to Happen<br />'Treatment'<br />Different Types of Alcoholics<br />Time and Cost<br />The Medical Profession<br />Change<br />Choices<br />Riding Uphill<br />In An Ideal World<br />Education and Attitude<br />The Wrong Diagnosis<br />Too Late<br />Kevin<br />Websites and Books