http://www.spiritualriver.com 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/what-is-an-alcoholic/comment-page-1/#comment-113648 carol Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:26:07 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?page_id=3522#comment-113648 please can you tell me is my boyfriend an alcoholic as he has a drink every night when he finishes work hes a bus driver and he can drink upto a litre of rum and coke a night please let me know he says he has a drink to help him sleep not to get drunk can you please help me throu this problem as he is a nice guy when hes not had dto much to drink hes not violent thats one good thing hes just daft thank you please can you tell me is my boyfriend an alcoholic as he has a drink every night when he finishes work hes a bus driver and he can drink upto a litre of rum and coke a night please let me know he says he has a drink to help him sleep not to get drunk can you please help me throu this problem as he is a nice guy when hes not had dto much to drink hes not violent thats one good thing hes just daft thank you

]]> http://www.spiritualriver.com/what-is-an-alcoholic/comment-page-1/#comment-57078 Cindy Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:18:46 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?page_id=3522#comment-57078 My father was alcoholic. He would not drink for months and then drink for a week at a time. He would also been very mean. I have been married for 32 years to man that slowly became an alcoholic. I put up with it because he was never mean and he supported his family. We raised three children together. But, recently he is out of work and he stays home and drinks every day. The children are out of the house and on their own. I see him slowly killing himself and I don't want to watch it anymore. I love him and he is a good person but I don't know what to do. Drinking has always been a part of his life and I have accepted it. How do I now say I will no longer put up with it. I don't know what I should do. I don't want to hurt him but I know I am not helping him. My father was alcoholic. He would not drink for months and then drink for a week at a time. He would also been very mean. I have been married for 32 years to man that slowly became an alcoholic. I put up with it because he was never mean and he supported his family. We raised three children together. But, recently he is out of work and he stays home and drinks every day. The children are out of the house and on their own. I see him slowly killing himself and I don’t want to watch it anymore. I love him and he is a good person but I don’t know what to do. Drinking has always been a part of his life and I have accepted it. How do I now say I will no longer put up with it. I don’t know what I should do. I don’t want to hurt him but I know I am not helping him.

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