http://www.spiritualriver.com/effects-of-alcoholism/ Non-traditional recovery from addiction Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.spiritualriver.com/effects-of-alcoholism/comment-page-1/#comment-151402 Alyssa Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:19:14 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=404#comment-151402 i am 16 years old. when i was in the 8th grade my friend D.W. n i used to go to school drunk or high everyday. we didnt care what anyone thought or even the teachers. i found a guy and i knew i needed to quit drinking honestly i dont get how it was that easy but i did it took me a couple days but i did. and i agree i was not as bad as what you people say who made this website. i am 16 years old. when i was in the 8th grade my friend D.W. n i used to go to school drunk or high everyday. we didnt care what anyone thought or even the teachers. i found a guy and i knew i needed to quit drinking honestly i dont get how it was that easy but i did it took me a couple days but i did. and i agree i was not as bad as what you people say who made this website.

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]]> http://www.spiritualriver.com/effects-of-alcoholism/comment-page-1/#comment-97338 Stacy B Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:34:24 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=404#comment-97338 I am a daughter of an alcoholic, a sister of an alcoholic, a niece of an alcoholic, a cousin of an alcoholic, a granddaughter of an alcoholic, an ex wife of an alcoholic and now a mother of an alcoholic. I know first hand the devistation that alcoholism has on the family structure, because I know how broken I was before I entered the doors of Al-Anon. Those who love an alcoholic, that are closest to an alcoholic are affected the most. Walking on egg shells around the alcoholic, not knowing what would set him off, not sure of the rules of the house, because they differed for each of us, lack of affection, attention and praise, left me an angry, wounded child that grew to be a bitter, untrusting woman. I am recovering from the affects the disease had on me, and today I have a wonderful life. The alcoholic (on a average) affects 4 to 10 people by their disease. In my case, my entire family has been affected. The four generations still living in my family have alcoholism/addiction in them. I don't know how many generations that are dead and suffered from this disease; I only know of two (my grandparents and great-grandparents.) I did not have the compulsion to drink, nor did I turn to alcohol or drugs to releave the hurts of my past; I saw what it did to those in my family. But my behavior, my thinking was not not that of a sain person, and in the process I hurt those I loved. Al-Anon saved my life, and because I understand that alcoholism is a family disease, I continue to go to meetings almost daily. I have broken the chains that binded my family, and the generation that came after me is already reaping the rewards. Because I know that society is focused on getting the alcoholic or addict sober, I have decided to focus on the one's society doesn't help...the other 4 to 10 people affected by one's alcoholism. My dream is to create homes for the women and children affected by another's drinking or drugging. If drinking is but a symptom of this disease...why is society focused on the alcoholic? What about getting those around him/her in recovery, thus making a bigger impact on society as well as the family unit. If the family recovers, the alcoholic has a better chace of recovering. Without enablers, the alcoholic hits bottom much quicker, and takes less people with them. I love the alcoholics in my life today, but I also love myself, and therefore refuse to go down with them, or help them on their path to self destruction. The family has been trained to focused on the alcoholic..not realizing that they too have been affected by the disease, and so has society. I pray that God opens the eyes of those around an alcoholic or addict, so they can see their part in the family disease and seek help for themselves. God bless us all. I am a daughter of an alcoholic, a sister of an alcoholic, a niece of an alcoholic, a cousin of an alcoholic, a granddaughter of an alcoholic, an ex wife of an alcoholic and now a mother of an alcoholic. I know first hand the devistation that alcoholism has on the family structure, because I know how broken I was before I entered the doors of Al-Anon. Those who love an alcoholic, that are closest to an alcoholic are affected the most. Walking on egg shells around the alcoholic, not knowing what would set him off, not sure of the rules of the house, because they differed for each of us, lack of affection, attention and praise, left me an angry, wounded child that grew to be a bitter, untrusting woman. I am recovering from the affects the disease had on me, and today I have a wonderful life.
The alcoholic (on a average) affects 4 to 10 people by their disease. In my case, my entire family has been affected. The four generations still living in my family have alcoholism/addiction in them. I don’t know how many generations that are dead and suffered from this disease; I only know of two (my grandparents and great-grandparents.)
I did not have the compulsion to drink, nor did I turn to alcohol or drugs to releave the hurts of my past; I saw what it did to those in my family. But my behavior, my thinking was not not that of a sain person, and in the process I hurt those I loved.
Al-Anon saved my life, and because I understand that alcoholism is a family disease, I continue to go to meetings almost daily. I have broken the chains that binded my family, and the generation that came after me is already reaping the rewards.
Because I know that society is focused on getting the alcoholic or addict sober, I have decided to focus on the one’s society doesn’t help…the other 4 to 10 people affected by one’s alcoholism. My dream is to create homes for the women and children affected by another’s drinking or drugging.
If drinking is but a symptom of this disease…why is society focused on the alcoholic? What about getting those around him/her in recovery, thus making a bigger impact on society as well as the family unit. If the family recovers, the alcoholic has a better chace of recovering. Without enablers, the alcoholic hits bottom much quicker, and takes less people with them. I love the alcoholics in my life today, but I also love myself, and therefore refuse to go down with them, or help them on their path to self destruction.
The family has been trained to focused on the alcoholic..not realizing that they too have been affected by the disease, and so has society. I pray that God opens the eyes of those around an alcoholic or addict, so they can see their part in the family disease and seek help for themselves. God bless us all.

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