| Being able to recognize if your spouse is an alcoholic | | | | their perceived problems? |
| can be difficult in many ways. Understanding your | | | | Alcoholics tend to ignore their family and the problems |
| partners drinking habits and your own possible role as | | | | associated with handling the day to day tasks of |
| an enabler can be as stressful to your emotional | | | | raising a family. Do you feel that you are needing to |
| well-being as your partners alcoholism. | | | | take up the slack to make the bills, fix your home, or |
| The first step is looking for patterns in their drinking | | | | take care of the children? Take a close look at where |
| habits. Do they drink everyday? Every weekend. Only | | | | your spouse is failing for you and your family and see |
| on Sundays? Do they drink because the kids were | | | | if it can be traced back to alcohol usage. |
| screaming all day? Their job is particularly stressful that | | | | There are many surveys out there to study, articles |
| day? | | | | and books to read, and programs to watch that state |
| As we all know, an occasional social drink and drinking | | | | if you answer theses questions as yes, then alcoholism |
| to forget a stressful situation are two separate entities. | | | | is present. Unfortunately, every situation is different. Not |
| Someone who is clearly drinking to relieve stress is to | | | | only do you need to look at how much is being drank, |
| be considered a potential alcoholic. If you spouse is | | | | but also what other behaviour is causing problems in |
| consistently having to have a few drinks after work | | | | your family life. There is no easy answer but there is a |
| just to relax, most likely they are having alcohol | | | | lot of help for the spouse and family if they take the |
| dependency problems. | | | | time to look for it. |
| Many recovering alcoholics state that they always | | | | The important thing to remember while trying to stay |
| tended to blame someone else for all of their | | | | sober is that YOU ARE NOT ALONE! There are |
| problems; their boss was difficult, their spouse nagged | | | | many others just like you and together, you can help |
| all the time, money was scarce. Instead of admitting to | | | | each other. All you have to do is go to the blog which |
| any responsibility, they drank their problems away. Has | | | | is linked below for the very best advice and you will |
| your spouse been blaming everyone around them for | | | | soon begin to feel much better and not so isolated. |