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Welcome to today's edition of 3 Minutes with Stuart! Today's topic is How to Live With An Alcoholic Husband or Wife?
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This week our marriage counseling focus is alcoholism. So first, I will explain what Alcoholism is.
What Does it Mean to Be an Alcoholic or Have Alcohol Problems?
I define being an alcoholic like this; if you handle life's problems and stresses by drinking alcohol, you have an alcohol problem.
Having an alcoholic spouse is a sickness in your relationship and really to get past it seeking out an alcoholic treatment program as well as entering into family or marriage counseling is not a bad idea. In fact, I recommend it.
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It's important to identify any underlying issues that may be the root cause of the desire to drink because what we do know is that alcoholism is a coping skill. I define alcohol problems as, "If your using alcohol to cope with life's stresses, you have an alcohol problem."
Your husband needs help. Do not take responsibility for your husbands drinking. Also don't start monitoring him. Alcoholism is a family illness. That means that you need to be taking care of yourself and put yourself in recovery also.
Be realistic about your expectations and do not hide the impact that his drinking has on you, especially the pain that it causes you. It's important that you really have a plan to get rid of this disease that is coming between you and your husband, and possibly even destroying your family. I have resources on my website that can help. You can check them out here:
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