My Very Close Friend's Wife Is Drinking Again  
She cleaned up a bottle of wine and found some liquor at a mutual friend of ours. She took breaks to go to the bathroom during our new year's eve dinner ...

Boyfriend Coming Home From Alcohol Treatment 
My boyfriend is returning home from treatment for alcohol addiction in two days and I'm having ups and downs about it. I miss him but I'm still angry....

My Girlfriend Has Just Entered a Treatment Program For Alcohol Dependency and Bulimia 
I have noticed her pulling away from me. I have given her as much support as I can, and realize that this is a very crucial period in her life for her ...

My Partner is a Heroin Addict & Has Relapsed Twice During our Relationship. I'm Devastated, Do I Stay or Go? 
My partner has been a Heroin Addict since the age of 16, he is now 32 and I'm 38, we have no children. We have been together for 7 years, he was on suboxone ...

My Boyfriend's Drinking Habits 
My boyfriend of almost one year is a social drinker, such as myself. As long as he doesn't drink any hard alcohol, there is never a problem, but the second ...

I Broke Up With My Addict Girlfriend and Regret It 
Me and my girlfriend have been going out for 2 years - our anniversary is actually in just a few days. She has been doing drugs pretty regularly for about ...

My Fiance Has Been A Recovering Alcoholic For Over 10 Years, But Still Blames Bad Behavior On Alcoholism 
My fiancé for one year, together for 3, had a brief emotional attachment (swears didn't have sex) with a woman he briefly met in another state - then continued ...

What Do I Do About My Alcoholic Boyfriend? 
I began dating my boyfriend 9 months ago with the knowledge that he drank on occasion. I didn't know anything more about it. Almost a month into the relationship,...

My Husband's Drug Addiction. He's Now Fallen In Love With Someone Else in Early Recovery 
My husband is a meth addict in early recovery, while attending court ordered NA meetings, he fell in love with an early recovering (1 week clean) black ...

My Wife Has a Drinking Problem. I Need Good Advice on How to Deal With This Situation. 
Hi my name is Ryan. I have been married for close to 10 years and have 2 wonderful boys. I love my wife and want to make things work.

I am writing this ...

How Long Does It Take Alcohol to Leave the System? 
My boyfriend is an alcoholic and has not had a drink in 4 days. He's been very moody, agitated and denies it's from craving alcohol. He is a pretty severe ...

Am I Expecting Too Much Wanting Alcoholic Husband To Stop Drinking? 
I have been married for 5 years and have 2 young children (1 & 4 years). My husband drinks daily, combining beer with approximately 2 "jugs" of wine per ...

I Kicked My Boyfriend Out For Doing Cocaine... 
Hi, I'm a gay male and 2 weeks ago my boyfriend did coke. I didn't realize he was doing it till I saw that jaw going back and forth. We were only together ...

My Alcoholic Boyfriend Crossed The Line Last Night 
I've finally accepted that my boyfriend of 6 years is an alcoholic.(but he won't admit or even address it.) He's sober more than he's drunk but he drinks ...

My Sister is an Alcoholic and I'm Scared I Might Lose Her. 
My sister is 36 and has had a problem with alcohol for the best part of 10 years. Maybe more, we've all lost count. She doesn’t work at all so doesn’t ...

How Do I Convince My Husband That Drinking and Driving With Kids Is Not Okay ? 
This is a habit his whole family (5 brothers total ) do on a regular basis. They think nothing of having 2, 4, 6, 8 beers and driving, alone or with their ...

My Brother is Completely Out of Control and My Parents Refuse to Accept He is An Addict. 
My brother is going to be 50 years old this year. His alcoholism has been going on since he was in high school. He is addicted to meth, pain pills, alcohol ...

My Boyfriend Is Addicted to Heroin, How Can I Help Him Get Clean? 
Hi, my boyfriend and I have known each other most of our lives and he is addicted to heroin, and we both agreed that he should come clean with everything ...

My Husband is Addicted to Pills and Alcohol and Is In a Long-Term Rehab Facility? 
My Husband and I have been married for almost two years but have dated since we were about 10 years old. My husband entered a long-term inpatient rehab ...

My Wife Will Not Admit She Has a Drink Problem 
For several months now I have watched my wife's dependency on alcohol get worse. It came to a head 4 months ago when she started to leave the house saying ...

My Mother Gets Aggressive When She's Drunk. What Should I Do?  
My mom is not exactly an alcoholic, but she drinks A LOT at once, and gets very drunk easily. When she's drunk, she would bang doors and yell at me. Sometimes,...

I Need Some Advice On My Closet Alcoholic Husband 
For the longest time he drank in front of me and the kids and whoever else came through our door until I gave him the ultimatum. Then he became a serious ...

Both Are Alcoholics, but He Is Now Sober 
Hello, I have been sober now for almost 4 1/2 years. However, my spouse continues to Binge drink on the weekends and occasionally during the week. I ...

My Best Friend Is I Believe Addicted to Pain Pills 
MY best friend has been on pain pills for over a year now, she is always saying she is in pain and that's why she takes them. Then she also says she is ...

Should I Leave My Alcoholic Husband? 
When my husband drinks he cheats on me, calls me bad names, picks fights with me, hits me sometimes. The problem is I love him - not what he does. He is ...

My Boyfriend Is a Recovering Heroin Addict and Now Its Time to Start New. How to Cope? 
My boyfriend and I have a great relationship except that he was a functioning heroin addict. I along with his family have motivated him to go to rehab,...

My Mother is an Alcoholic and She's Slowly Killing Herself. I Don't Know What to do.? 
My mother is 56 years old, I am 38. She's been an alcoholic all of my life. She was supposedly sober for the last five years. Then her husband of 15 years ...

My Partner of 13 Years is an Alcoholic. I Need Help 
My partner suffers with panic attacks and depression, which he self medicates (he calls it) with alcohol. I can not get him to go to the Doctors for help ...

Broke Up with my Boyfriend. He is Enabling his Daughter's Drug Addiction 
I had to end my almost 10 year relationship with my boyfriend. His daughter has been using drugs for several years (she is over 18 now). Every time she ...

How Do I Write a Contract Agreement For My Brother in Recovery from Heroin Addiction? 
My 28 year old brother who is now my "responsibility", since the death of our parents has been clean from his heroin addiction for 3 years and has been ...

What to Do When All Members of A Family are Alcoholics? 
Hello,one of my siblings is an alcoholic and she is getting progressively worse with age (she's 54). The problem is that her spouse is also an alcoholic ...

What To Do About My Alcoholic Husband ... Worried How My Kids Are Affected? 
I am writing because I've been married 17 years to a very nice man, functioning in the workplace, but drinks a 12 pack of beer every night. I feel so ...

My Girlfriend is a Crack Addict, but Claims She Wants Help. What More Can I Do? 
My girlfriend of 15 months, whom I really love and care about, is addicted to crack cocaine, and an alcoholic. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I didn'...

Update: My Drug Addicted Ex. Need Closure Because Still Feeling Guilty 
I originally asked a question about feeling guilty over the death of an ex-boyfriend who was addicted to drugs and alcohol. I became very depressed over ...

My Husband Drinks Excessively and its Making Me Drink More 
Sometimes I drink way too much. I drink because my husband drinks too much and so I do try and 'keep up' in a sense. Now I drink more than I ever have ...

My Husband is an Alcoholic and I Want to Get a Divorce.... 
I've been married 18 years already and have been putting up with my alcoholic husband. It has reached a point were I cannot stand it anymore. I'm tired ...

My Fiance Has Admitted He is Doing Cocaine. What Should I Do To Help? 
He has admitted to doing cocaine( he says he doesn't do it through the week just the weekend when I'm up his house. He feels he needs it more when he has ...

Wife is an Alcoholic. Filed for Divorce. Took 3 Kids. Blames Me. 
Such a long story to tell and similar to many I have read. My wife went to rehab seven years ago. Was clean best I can determine for 6 months. Kept a journal ...

Alcoholic Husband Claims To Be Getting Better But Is Still Drinking Often 
I have been married for 17 years to a very nice man who has been getting sicker and sicker every year of our marriage. It took me a while to recognize ...

My Daughter's Father is Still Drinking and Breaking Boundaries, How Do I Stay Strong? 
I posted about a year ago how my two year olds father would not get help for his drinking, well a year later he still continues to come to my house after ...

My Husband and His Alcoholism: I Want to Get My Child Away From This! How Do I Get Sole Custody? 
In the past year, I have been struggling with trying to figure out if my husband just has a verbally abusive personality or if it is due to alcoholism ...

My Sister-in-Law Drives Drunk With The Children in the Car 
This week I attended my nephew's ball game. I didn't see his mother there so I stayed to see if he needed a ride. Then I saw his mother, red-faced, slurred ...

Just Broke Up with my Alchoholic Boyfriend and Having a Really Hard Time Not Blaming Myself. 
We have been dating and living together for 8 months. When I met him he drank like a fish day and night. Also popped pills and who knows what else. He ...

My Boyfriend is an Admitted Alcoholic/Drug Addict but Avoids the Subject and Gets Angry When it Comes Up. What can I do?? 
My boyfriend of 3 months (and friend of 3 years) is a great person. When he's sober. He is charismatic and personable and extremely successful in his career....

My Husband is a Drug Addict and Alcoholic. He is Also Bi-polar. Is this a hopeless situation? 
I have been married to the love of my life for 2 years. We have been together for 3 years. When we met he told me about his drug addiction. I thought I ...

My Boyfriend and Alcohol: My Heart Is Saying Don't Leave Him, But My Head Is Saying It Will Never Change. 
I'm 21 and my Boyfriend of just over a year is 33. He is an alcoholic. There is a big underlying issue: his dad died when he was 12 and his mum died recently....

My Brother's an Alcoholic and I'm Scared of him  Not rated yet
My brothers been an alcoholic for approximately ten years now and recently my family has been taking steps to try and help him beat his addiction, nothing ...

Please Help Me Help My "NOW SOBER" Fiance Get The Right Help!!!  Not rated yet
My Fiancé has been an addict for over 6 yrs. We have been together for 2 yrs now. When I realized he was a drug addict I wanted to help him overcome it ...

My Boyfriend Is Trying Not to be an Alcoholic; He Is Unbearable  Not rated yet
He is struggling and is taking the odd drink. He figured that our relationship would bounce back the minute he came home from rehab and is constantly ...

My Wife Has Been a Binge Drinker for 6 years - I No Longer Know What To Do?  Not rated yet
My wife and I got married in 2001. We have a great life and are now retired. Six years ago I became aware that she had a drinking problem. She has had ...

My Fiance Is A Prescription Addict and His Family Is In Denial   Not rated yet
My fiancé, well EX now, is the father of my 14 month old son. He has had a history of prescription medication abuse and just recently started back on them....

My Nephew Is a Heroin Addict and Coming to Christmas Dinner!  Not rated yet
What is consider enabling behavior when addicts visit during Xmas dinner. Should we let him drink? He is 22 and almost 23. No job, been addicted since ...

What Is The Best Way To Handle My Sister re Her Drug Addiction?  Not rated yet
This is long, but here goes... About 3 months ago my 40 year old sister was taken to the hospital and they found meth, amphetamines, alcohol and hydrocodone ...

Mom Drinks Wine Everynight and Takes Pills Everyday for Depression/Anxiety.  Not rated yet
My mom takes prescribed medication everyday as well as drinks wine, or whatever she can afford/get her hands on. She has become more addicted as the years ...

Should I Stay or Should I Leave?? My Fiance Has a Meth Addiction.  Not rated yet
On October 29th 2010 I found out that I had $1200 missing. I had a horrible feeling I knew who did it. And it turns out my gut was right. My boyfriend ...

30 Years of Alcoholism and No Better  Not rated yet
I have a brother who has alcohol and drug problem for thirty years. His also has been diagnosed with Bi Polar. Every couple of years he goes through ...

My Daughter's Drug Addicted Boyfriend Stole From Us and Wants To Come Live In Our Home Now That He's Out of Rehab. What do we do?  Not rated yet
My daughter's boyfriend stole a brand new 50" plasma tv (that we're still responsible for paying.) Even though he gave us $500 (that he acquired either ...

My Dad A Long-Time Alcoholic In Recovery for only 6 months, We Aren't Talking But My Wedding Is Coming Up In 3 Months, What do I do?  Not rated yet
My dad has been an alcoholic almost my whole life. In the past few years it has gotten worse. In the last year he was hospitalized, detoxed, and received ...

Help Me Help My Out of Control Alcoholic and Drug Addicted Brother  Not rated yet
My brother is 24 years old and was just arrested for the 6th time for a alcohol related charge. He has had 2 public intoxications and was just arrested ...

My Brother is Addicted to Drugs, Cocaine and Rohypnol, and Alcohol. What do I do?  Not rated yet
He has been abusing cocaine for 2 months or 2 years - I am not sure because i cannot trust what he says. He also abuses Rohypnol by taking 10 at a time ...

My Alcoholic Mother Is In Dire Need of Help. I Need Advice.  Not rated yet
Hello. I hope that you can offer some advice to me. I am a resident in Vermont, I live here with my 4 year old son - I am from the UK and have been here ...

My Mom Relapsed Back Into Alcoholism. What Do I Do?  Not rated yet
About 3 years ago my grandmother, my mom's mom passed away. The impact on my mother was devastating. She had been through treatment before and was fine ...

My Husband Is a Drug Addict and Has Been Since He Was 17  Not rated yet
AT 17 he was rehabilitated and came off clean but he became an alcoholic. He relapsed several times until he married me. He was only clean on the first ...

My Boyfriend's Drinking Breaks My Heart  Not rated yet
I'm 30 years old and my boyfiend is 37. We have been together for a year and a half despite 2 breakups that were caused as a result of my boyfriend's ...

Alcoholic Husband Is Blaming Me For His Drinking  Not rated yet
My husband has been sober for 18 months, he just finished an out patient rehab program and is attending AA regularly. We are separated at the moment but ...

My Ex-Husband Of Over 30 years Is a Drug Addict and I Am Feeling Guilty about Leaving Him and Putting My Adult Children Into The Role of Enabler.  Not rated yet
I feel so much guilt and fear for my adult children over the divorce that occurred two years ago. I divorced my ex-husband partially because of his addictions....

My Friend Is In Recovery for Heroin Addiction. What Can I Do To Help Him Stay Strong?  Not rated yet
Honestly, I found out two nights ago my friend was in recovery for his heroin addiction. And I'm having a hard time trying to sort through it. I'm proud ...

46 Year Old Alcoholic Brother Living at Home With Parents  Not rated yet
Starting at 13 my brother started doing drugs and drinking. He was out of control throughout his teenage years into his 30's. He quit the drugs (I think)...

My 73 Year Old Husband and Drinking Problem. How Do I Cope With This Situation?  Not rated yet
My husband is a specialist in the medical field. He is 73 and now works from home for 2 labs. In the past, he used to drink whiskey excessively, especially ...

My Partner Has Been Clean From Alcohol For 6 Years, Our Relationship Is Not Satisfying For Both Of Us  Not rated yet
I met my partner 2 years ago. He opens up about his alcoholism in small spurts. My partner is unable to have sex with me, I have tried many different ...

Just Married ... and Just Found Out My Husband's Using Cocaine  Not rated yet
I've been married for 2 months now and just found out my Husband has been using cocaine. I've never been around drugs and not sure what to do at this point....

Is My Fiancé Taking Drugs?  Not rated yet
Hi there, I am recently engaged and my fiance and I just moved in together. I have been noticing things and I could really use some help figuring out what ...

How Do I Cope and Help My Teens Cope With Watching My Ex-Husband Continue to Spiral Down Into Probable Death From Drinking?  Not rated yet
I was married for 20 years to an alcoholic. We divorced a couple years ago. During our marriage, there were many incidents of extreme drinking and all ...

I'm 30 Years Old and My Mom Is an Alcoholic. What Do I Do? I'm Afraid She's Going to Hurt Herself and/Or Some Other Innocent Person  Not rated yet
My father died March 4th 2005. They'd been married 28 yrs. My mother turned to alcohol to deal with his death. She's in complete denial. She drives drunk,...

My Wife Is an Alcoholic, I Really Do Not Know What To Do?   Not rated yet
Me and my wife have been together about 3 and a half years. When we first got together I was unaware of the extent of her drinking problem. About 4 or ...

What Is The Best Way To Deal With An Alcoholic That Shuts You Out Of Their Life?  Not rated yet
My boyfriend is an admitted alcoholic and says he wants help to change. He will go for several days without drinking or drinking much less than normal,...

Our Long Time Friend Is Addicted to Alcohol, Cocaine and Other Drugs  Not rated yet
We are a very close knit group of 8 friends, and our one friend is addicted to alcohol, cocaine and quite possibly other drugs. He went through a long ...

My Father Is an Alcoholic and Accuses Me of "Airing Dirty Laundry"  Not rated yet
I have worried about my father being an alcoholic for years. My mother was always in denial about the problem until the last couple of years. Earlier ...

My Brother Is an Alcoholic and Will Not Change His Way of Life  Not rated yet
My brother has come through cancer and the associated treatment, has recently had a heart attack but will not try to change his way of life. He takes ...

My Younger Sister Left Her Husband for a Drug Addict. How Do I Get Her Home?  Not rated yet
My 19 year old sister is a newlywed and an army wife. Her and I have always been very close, but for the past year she has been living with her husband ...

My Husband is an Alcoholic, I Feel Trapped  Not rated yet
He has always been a drinker but 6 years ago my father passed away, my father was more of a dad to him than his own father. The drinking got out of control ...

Supporting an Alcoholic Husband  Not rated yet
My husband and I have been married for 6 yrs, 2nd marriage for both of us, each with children from previous marriage. I did not realize until we were married ...

My Father Was an Alcoholic  Not rated yet
I am an active member of al-anon for adult children. Unfortunately, my father passed a number of years ago. I feel that the system helps me. "It works ...

How Do I Help My Friend Admit She Has a Drinking Problem?  Not rated yet
My best friend is 24 she has been drinking since she has been 16. She used to drink up to as much as 5 days a week but the last while has gone down to ...

Giving Money to a Recovering Alcoholic  Not rated yet
My brother in Florida is halfway through a rehabilitation clinic program which will end in about 2 weeks. In speaking to him (I'm his brother) he said ...

My Sister is an Alcoholic, Help!!  Not rated yet
My sister is an alcoholic, she does admit this and has gone to rehab several times but comes out and drinks again right away. She has lost her home, job,...

Daughter of an Alcoholic Mother  Not rated yet
I am 27 and my mother has always been a big drinker but within the last couple years she has really gone downhill. She is at the point where she drinks ...

Husband Finally Admits to Alcoholism but Still Blames Me   Not rated yet
Hello, I have written before regarding my husband who is an alcoholic, verbally abusive, and has a gambling addiction. I think I have finally convinced ...

I'm in Love With a Heroin Addict.  Not rated yet
I moved in with my boyfriend at the beginning of the year after dating for only a short period of time. His mother passed away a few years prior due to ...

My Spouse is Addicted to Alcohol and I Don't Know How Much More I Can Take?  Not rated yet
I married a man who is in deep denial that he has an alcohol problem. I read somewhere about "functioning" alcoholics, which to me seems crazy because ...

My Mother is an Alcoholic. What do I do?  Not rated yet
I'm 12 years old turning 13 this year, and my mother is a severe alcoholic. Once or twice she has abused me. But I have also hit her. She drinks about ...

My Boyfriend Has Been Using Cocaine For Several Months Now and I Do Not Want To Be Around Him. I Love Him Very Much and This Was Not an Issue Initially. I need advice.  Not rated yet
We have been together for 2+ years. When we first met this was not apparent to me, the drug use. It was not an issue. Slowly it came into the picture ...

My Husband is an Alcoholic. Seems Like Everyone But Me Is OK With It and Enable Him. What to do?  Not rated yet
I have been married for 22 yrs. My husband and his brother own their own company. His best friend is a cop for the county we live in and our children think ...

My Wife Has Been Sober For Over 6 Months But Now Thinks She Can Drink in Moderation  Not rated yet
My wife's drinking was never "terrible" and depictions of alcoholics on TV or even in her recovery meetings give her the impression that she wasn't "all ...

Does 'Not Controlling My Husband's Alcoholism' Mean I Can't Confront Him With The Problem?  Not rated yet
My husband of 35 years goes through both long binge and dry seasons. He's been dry for about 8 months, but just recently started drinking 3-4 drinks a ...

My Ex- Boyfriend Has a Drinking Problem, Now Is Experimenting with Heroin, What do I do?  Not rated yet
Me and my ex have been dating for 2 years, we are both now 19 and have recently ended our volatile relationship. When we first started dating we both drank ...

I Lost My Alcoholic Husband Downunder: He's Asked For a Divorce Out of Nowhere!?  Not rated yet
Hi I am struggling with my heart and my sanity. My husband and I have been married for 8 years and together for a total of 13 years. He is a alcoholic ...

My Husband is an Alcoholic and It Brings Out The Worst In Me  Not rated yet
My husband and I have been married almost 2 years and I have a 5 year old son that calls him dad and thinks of him as his real dad. My husband drinks about ...

My Mother Gets Drunk To The Point Of Falling Down, Hides Bottles and Becomes Violent. Help!  Not rated yet
Mum drinks to the point of not being able to stand up. She hides bottles in cupboards or wherever. She recently smashed in someone's door and threatened ...

My Alcoholic Boyfriend Has Relapsed, But Doesn't Think It's a Big Deal?  Not rated yet
My boyfriend and I have been dating for about four months. He's been in AA for almost a year, and has told me a little about how bad his drinking was before ...

My Ex Uses Speed Regularly and Thinks Its Okay. Do I Live In a Bubble?  Not rated yet
My friend/ex b.f has been a regular taker of speed for some years. He claims he only uses it twice a month. I'm hard against drugs. He continually tells ...

MY Wife Of 13 Years Is An Alcoholic and Drug Addict. At A Loss As What To Do  Not rated yet
My wife drinks 4 cases of beer a week. I'm finding empty beer cans everywhere in the house (drawers, pockets of robes, empty purses). She says I'm nosey,...

My Husband's Addiction To Pot Is Ruining Our Marriage  Not rated yet
I have been married for 22 years and have two wonderful children, ages 18 and 14. Ever since I met my husband he has been a daily pot smoker. I never liked ...

Trying To Understand The Biochemistry of "The Mean Drunk"  Not rated yet
Thank you for providing this forum. My mother was an alcoholic, in my opinion (not hers!). She was a person you would want to know in the daytime. But ...

How Do I Get My Husband To Realise He Has a Drinking Problem?  Not rated yet
For the last 10 years my husband drinks on a daily basis. For the last 4 years he drinks anywhere from 12 to 20+ beers a night. Whenever I talk to him ...

Is My Husband an Alcoholic Even Though He Only Gets Wasted Once a Week?  Not rated yet
I have been with my husband for the last seven years, married for five. There has been a lot of alcohol abuse on my side of the family which was quite ...

My Friend Is an Alcoholic, She Is Divorced and Has Three Children  Not rated yet
My friend has just recently admitted that she has a problem with alcohol, she lives with her three young children of which the eldest has told his friend ...

My Boyfriend, Military, and Alcohol.  Not rated yet
I have researched alcoholism and the such and am pretty sure my boyfriend has the affects of it. His father drinks heavily, as well as, his father's mother....

My Boyfriend Went Away for Treatment of Alcoholism on Short-Notice. What do I do?  Not rated yet
My boyfriend currently went to another state for treatment of alcoholism & depression. I've known him for almost 3 years and we worked together at a pharmacy ...

My Boyfriend Is Even More Loving When Drunk. - Why Does It Bother Me?  Not rated yet
First of all there is a 14 year age difference; I'm 43 he's 29. He has an 11 year old daughter, and is just coming to the end of a 3yr probation for 2 ...

Heroin Detoxing  Not rated yet
My teenage son has been smoking heroin for a few weeks. He is now trying to quit and is vomiting and complaining that his stomach hurts. Is there anything ...

I'm In a Relationship With Someone Who I Would Say Is a "Functioning" Alcoholic -- what should I do?  Not rated yet
Right now, he drinks 3-4 drinks per day, every day, and has a couple of puffs of pot before he goes to bed so he can sleep. He has a great job, though ...

My Husband Is a Severe Binge Drinker. What do I do?  Not rated yet
My husband does not drink every day, but every couple of months he gets severely intoxicated to the point where he slurs his words and falls over. A couple ...

My Husband Doesn't Think He Has a Drinking Problem  Not rated yet
My husband of 22 yrs doesn't think he has a drinking problem. When confronted about him drinking I'm told I'm the one lying and I'm the one with the problem....

Is My Boyfriend an Alcoholic? What do I do now?  Not rated yet
I dated my boyfriend for a year and broke up with him a couple of months ago because his drinking and occasional drug use really bothered me. He had to ...

Devastated! Just Found Out Husband is a Closet Alcoholic.I Don't Know What To Do Next.?  Not rated yet
I have been with my husband for 10 years. Four years ago he was diagnosed with liver disease. He convinced me, the doctors, his family, and the transplant ...

Boyfriend's Drug Addiction - I Can't Let Go But I Know It's Time  Not rated yet
I have been in this relationship for almost 2 years. My boyfriend has been a drug addict for 7 years. I am tight, mentally drained and my finances are ...

Why Does a Recovering Drug Addict Push Away The Woman He Is In Love With?  Not rated yet
I met my boyfriend in college. I've known him for almost 3 years and we dated for a year and a half. We hung out everyday. I was always with him at his ...

My Mother Is In Denial That She Has a Drinking Problem. What Can My Family and I Do?  Not rated yet
My mother can't seem to go a day without having a few glasses of wine after work. My family (my dad and sister) and I have found empty wine bottles hidden ...

My 76 Year Old Mother-in-Law is an Alcoholic  Not rated yet
My mother in law is 76 and has been a heavy drinker for over 30 years but nothing was ever done about it and she seemed to have it under control. After ...

My Husband Is on Crystal Meth.  Not rated yet
My husband has been on meth for 4 months. We have been together 8 years. We have 5 children. I am just now finding out but feel very stupid. All the signs ...

My Mother Defends my Brother's Drug/Alcohol Addictions and Awful Behaviors.  Not rated yet
My brother and I used to get high and drink regularly. We both were arrested for DUI within a month of each other. I realized I was on a path of bad ...

My Best Friend is an Alcoholic and Doesn't Realize That She Is. What do I do?  Not rated yet
My best friend is 15, and she is an alcoholic. I used to be, and I changed my ways. I have been sober since February 2011. It is killing me inside. I want ...

My New Love Is a Confessed Alcoholic. I'm a Recently Confessed Codependant. What to do?  Not rated yet
I have recently started seeing a man who has been a good friend for about 4 years. I have spent the majority of our relationship in online chat as he works ...

Is My Husband an Addict?  Not rated yet
My husband had an emergency back surgery almost three years ago and was prescribed pain pills. He gradually became addicted to the pain pills. When he ...

Should I Take Away the Access to Alcohol for Elderly Mother-in-Law?  Not rated yet
My mother-in-law is an alcoholic and is very poor health. She knows she has a problem and has an enabler who provides her with alcohol. I want to stop ...

My Husband Drinks on His Prescription Anxiety Meds Every Night.  Not rated yet
We have an 11 month old baby. My husband is productive and a good father, but he is an alcoholic. He drinks everyday (not sure how much because he is in ...

Do We Invite My Alcoholic Sister to My Son's Wedding?  Not rated yet
I have an alcoholic sister who causes a scene or fights with family members at every family event. My son is getting married soon and we don't want to ...

My Boyfriend Used To Do Crack Coaine But Our Relationship Has Gotten Worse. What Should I Do?  Not rated yet
My boyfriend use to do crack and I can honestly say although money was tight he was a sweeter and nicer individual. I don't know if that was because we ...

How Do I Help My Boyfriend Get Over His Addiction, When He Denies That He Even Has One?  Not rated yet
I have read numerous of these stories, and none of them come even close to my situation, many of them are far more severe than mine. My boyfriend has been ...

My Husband is an Alcoholic and went to Rehab   Not rated yet
My Husband is an Alcoholic and went to Rehab because I kicked him out and Filed for Divorce, he moved back in, but 2 weeks after he got out of rehab he ...

Is My Husband an Alcoholic or Does He Just Drink alot???!   Not rated yet
We've been married for 23 years. He is 52. In 2008 he had a mild heart attack, and in 2010 he developed serious heart rhythm issues as well. So, he shouldn'...

Husband's Nephew Stabbed While Purchasing Drugs: Was leaving the State the right thing to do?  Not rated yet
My husband and I received a phone call last week to tell us that his nephew had been stabbed in the chest while trying to purchase drugs. He and his family ...

My Boyfriend's Addiction to Alcohol: Will He Ever Choose Me?  Not rated yet
My boyfriend of just under a year has recently accepted that he has an addiction to alcohol and he has been trying to stay sober for about 4 months now....

My Husband is an Alcoholic: How Can I Help Him?  Not rated yet
He finally admitted it and told me he is drinking about 2 bottles of vodka, beer and wine as well, every day. He says he's going to get help but I don'...

Does My Boyfriend Have a Drinking Problem?  Not rated yet
I have been dating my boyfriend for 9 months although we've known each other for 3 years. We do enjoy going out with friends and having a good time and ...

My Boyfriendmthe Father of my Son is an Alcoholic but Doesn't Think He is. Do I Quit With Him and be a Single Mum?  Not rated yet
I am with my boyfriend 3 and a half years and when we met it was great, we partied all the time together and moved in together after 2 months. Things were ...

Life With a Binge Drinker  Not rated yet
For 17 years I have watched my husband's disease get worse and worse. I have tried and failed of course based on all the things that I have recently learned....

Can You Tell Me Why Our 13 Year Old Daughter Would Choose to Live with Him (the Alcoholic) After I Left Him for Threatening to Kill Her Brother?   Not rated yet
I have been married to an alcoholic for 14 years. I recently left him after he threatened to kill our 8 year old son while I was at work. I had to move ...

My Ex is Addicted to Drugs, So I Told His Parents and Now He Hates Me. What Do I Do:?  Not rated yet
Please keep in mind, I am 18 and my Ex is only 17, and a Junior in high school. It began about 7 months ago. He has had bad run ins with drugs like marijuana ...

My Sister Drinks a Lot. Is She an Alcoholic?   Not rated yet
How can I find out if she is an alcoholic. She drinks every day and is very defensive about the subject if I bring it up.

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Social Drinker or Alcoholism Already ?  Not rated yet
My husband drinks every night 1 small vodka/ whiskey followed by 3 large cans of beer or a bottle of wine. He becomes unpleasant and insulting when he ...

My Partner Gets Drunk Only Once in a While but it Bothers the Kids a lot  Not rated yet
Hi, I am not sure how serious this situation is. I know I don't like it but I'm not sure it has reached a level beyond that. My partner and I have been ...

My Sister Drinks a Lot, Hides the Bottles - Is She an Alcoholic?  Not rated yet
My sister has had bulimia for over ten years now so she's always been quite secretive and over emotional. Over the last couple of years though, she's expanded ...

Husbands Addiction to Pot (Marijuana)  Not rated yet
I have been married for 5 years now and we have 2 beautiful amazing children age 7 and 1. My husband has smoked pot (marijuana) for over 20 years and I ...

My Husband is an Alcoholic, I am Tired & Confused. Don't Know What Direction to Go?  Not rated yet
I have been married for twenty years, my husband started out drinking occasionally, but I didn't think too much of it. (Probably was hidden from me) - he ...

My Boyfriend is an Alcoholic. How Can I Help Him?  Not rated yet
My boyfriend has finally admitted having a problem with alcohol. He wants to stop drinking and make himself better. I suggested to him to go to the doctor ...

I Need Verification That Someone I Care About is a True Alcoholic & What to do to Help Him?  Not rated yet
The symptoms are as follows....
1) Doesn't drink everyday, in fact he can go many days without drinking.
2) When he drinks, it's almost like he can't ...

The Father of My Two Boys is on Something....   Not rated yet
I have been with "joe" for 3 years. He is a great daddy to my son (from previous relationship) and I am now currently pregnant with another little boy....