Alcohol

It can be hard having a loved one who is an alcoholic. Those
who do often struggle with these issues:

• Worrying about how much someone drinks
• Having money problems because of someone else’s drinking
• Telling lies to cover up for someone else’s drinking
• Feeling that the drinker loved you, he or she would stop drinking to please you
• Blaming the drinker’s behavior on his or her companions
• Having plans frequently upset or canceled or meals delayed because of the drinker
• Making threats, such as, "If you don’t stop drinking, I’ll leave you."
• Secretly try to smell the drinker’s breath
• Fear of confronting someone for fear it will set off a drinking bout