OT – Alcoholism and Addiction

[bearishgurl]

[quote=walterwhite]. . . I’m into sangria lately. It seems like a good thing to do for cheap wine[/quote]

scaredy, you had to mention this . . . lol. After the new year I had to give up even on wine coolers (thinned down box wine w/soda water) due to finances. Hopefully, I’ll be able to “resume” in a few months when some big expenses are out of the way. So far, I’m doing fine drinking iced tea and club soda w/lime :=P

But I could easily become addicted to wine coolers again :=!

[sdrealtor]

Some people just have addictive personalities and go all in on anything they do. I have a relative like that who while the smartest and most successful in my family spent age 15 to 33 heavily addicted to alcohol and narcotics. Hopefully your friend will realize what is going on and seek good help. I was just speaking to my relative yesterday and he was so excited that he celebrated his 18th birthday last week. He has not had a drink or drug in over 18 years now and for the first time in his adult life has spent more time clean and sober than not. Of course he has new addictions like writing, working, exercise, reading but those are healthy and more productive. He still meets with the same group of addicts he has for the last 18 years every Monday night to talk about their lives and keep each other on track. It never goes away and having support from others in the same boat can make all the difference in the world.

[sdrealtor]

Some people just have addictive personalities and go all in on anything they do. I have a relative like that who while the smartest and most successful in my family spent age 15 to 33 heavily addicted to alcohol and narcotics. Hopefully your friend will realize what is going on and seek good help. I was just speaking to my relative yesterday and he was so excited that he celebrated his 18th birthday last week. He has not had a drink or drug in over 18 years now and for the first time in his adult life has spent more time clean and sober than not. Of course he has new addictions like writing, working, exercise, reading but those are healthy and more productive. He still meets with the same group of addicts he has for the last 18 years every Monday night to talk about their lives and keep each other on track. It never goes away and having support from others in the same boat can make all the difference in the world.

[sdrealtor]

Some people just have addictive personalities and go all in on anything they do. I have a relative like that who while the smartest and most successful in my family spent age 15 to 33 heavily addicted to alcohol and narcotics. Hopefully your friend will realize what is going on and seek good help. I was just speaking to my relative yesterday and he was so excited that he celebrated his 18th birthday last week. He has not had a drink or drug in over 18 years now and for the first time in his adult life has spent more time clean and sober than not. Of course he has new addictions like writing, working, exercise, reading but those are healthy and more productive. He still meets with the same group of addicts he has for the last 18 years every Monday night to talk about their lives and keep each other on track. It never goes away and having support from others in the same boat can make all the difference in the world.

[sdrealtor]

Some people just have addictive personalities and go all in on anything they do. I have a relative like that who while the smartest and most successful in my family spent age 15 to 33 heavily addicted to alcohol and narcotics. Hopefully your friend will realize what is going on and seek good help. I was just speaking to my relative yesterday and he was so excited that he celebrated his 18th birthday last week. He has not had a drink or drug in over 18 years now and for the first time in his adult life has spent more time clean and sober than not. Of course he has new addictions like writing, working, exercise, reading but those are healthy and more productive. He still meets with the same group of addicts he has for the last 18 years every Monday night to talk about their lives and keep each other on track. It never goes away and having support from others in the same boat can make all the difference in the world.

[sdrealtor]

Some people just have addictive personalities and go all in on anything they do. I have a relative like that who while the smartest and most successful in my family spent age 15 to 33 heavily addicted to alcohol and narcotics. Hopefully your friend will realize what is going on and seek good help. I was just speaking to my relative yesterday and he was so excited that he celebrated his 18th birthday last week. He has not had a drink or drug in over 18 years now and for the first time in his adult life has spent more time clean and sober than not. Of course he has new addictions like writing, working, exercise, reading but those are healthy and more productive. He still meets with the same group of addicts he has for the last 18 years every Monday night to talk about their lives and keep each other on track. It never goes away and having support from others in the same boat can make all the difference in the world.

[bearishgurl]

brian, I too, have had a family member who at one time had a problem. They finally went to residential rehab for five weeks to “dry up.” The trick is to stay “dried up” long after release. That’s the hard part, until the day you die.

Fortunately, I’ve never wanted to drink anything 100 proof, just wine. I don’t even like beer. And my wine is 2-3 parts soda water to one part wine. But if you drink enough wine cooler for enough hours w/o food, you can still get a buzz. I don’t pass out or get hung over. I have never let it control my life. And when I’m on a trip seeing family for up to 3 weeks, I stay in their homes and none of them drink. So I don’t either.

If a person can stop at any time, I don’t feel there’s a problem. But I DO feel there is a fine line to tread if the person has an alcohol-addicted member of their family. I believe a propensity to be addicted to alcohol is hereditary.

[bearishgurl]

brian, I too, have had a family member who at one time had a problem. They finally went to residential rehab for five weeks to “dry up.” The trick is to stay “dried up” long after release. That’s the hard part, until the day you die.

Fortunately, I’ve never wanted to drink anything 100 proof, just wine. I don’t even like beer. And my wine is 2-3 parts soda water to one part wine. But if you drink enough wine cooler for enough hours w/o food, you can still get a buzz. I don’t pass out or get hung over. I have never let it control my life. And when I’m on a trip seeing family for up to 3 weeks, I stay in their homes and none of them drink. So I don’t either.

If a person can stop at any time, I don’t feel there’s a problem. But I DO feel there is a fine line to tread if the person has an alcohol-addicted member of their family. I believe a propensity to be addicted to alcohol is hereditary.

[bearishgurl]

brian, I too, have had a family member who at one time had a problem. They finally went to residential rehab for five weeks to “dry up.” The trick is to stay “dried up” long after release. That’s the hard part, until the day you die.

Fortunately, I’ve never wanted to drink anything 100 proof, just wine. I don’t even like beer. And my wine is 2-3 parts soda water to one part wine. But if you drink enough wine cooler for enough hours w/o food, you can still get a buzz. I don’t pass out or get hung over. I have never let it control my life. And when I’m on a trip seeing family for up to 3 weeks, I stay in their homes and none of them drink. So I don’t either.

If a person can stop at any time, I don’t feel there’s a problem. But I DO feel there is a fine line to tread if the person has an alcohol-addicted member of their family. I believe a propensity to be addicted to alcohol is hereditary.

[bearishgurl]

brian, I too, have had a family member who at one time had a problem. They finally went to residential rehab for five weeks to “dry up.” The trick is to stay “dried up” long after release. That’s the hard part, until the day you die.

Fortunately, I’ve never wanted to drink anything 100 proof, just wine. I don’t even like beer. And my wine is 2-3 parts soda water to one part wine. But if you drink enough wine cooler for enough hours w/o food, you can still get a buzz. I don’t pass out or get hung over. I have never let it control my life. And when I’m on a trip seeing family for up to 3 weeks, I stay in their homes and none of them drink. So I don’t either.

If a person can stop at any time, I don’t feel there’s a problem. But I DO feel there is a fine line to tread if the person has an alcohol-addicted member of their family. I believe a propensity to be addicted to alcohol is hereditary.

[bearishgurl]

brian, I too, have had a family member who at one time had a problem. They finally went to residential rehab for five weeks to “dry up.” The trick is to stay “dried up” long after release. That’s the hard part, until the day you die.

Fortunately, I’ve never wanted to drink anything 100 proof, just wine. I don’t even like beer. And my wine is 2-3 parts soda water to one part wine. But if you drink enough wine cooler for enough hours w/o food, you can still get a buzz. I don’t pass out or get hung over. I have never let it control my life. And when I’m on a trip seeing family for up to 3 weeks, I stay in their homes and none of them drink. So I don’t either.

If a person can stop at any time, I don’t feel there’s a problem. But I DO feel there is a fine line to tread if the person has an alcohol-addicted member of their family. I believe a propensity to be addicted to alcohol is hereditary.

[zk]

What knowledge I have about alcoholism comes from having three siblings who are alcoholics. And from the searching and researching what I could do to help them.

Brian, your lack of sympathy seems pretty cold hearted to me. Your attitude belies a misunderstanding of the situation, in my opinion. I don’t think it’s a matter of will power, but even if it is, where do you think you get your will power from? What if you get it from the same place that tall people get their height from? Which is a combination of genes and nourishment (physical nourishment in the case of height, emotional nourishment in the case of will power). Sure, maybe your friend is weak. But how’d he get that way? How do smart people get smart? Should smart people have no sympathy for stupid people? What about ugly people? People who are naturally socially inept? Maybe this is a topic for another thread, because it’s a big topic. But I think it applies here.

Anyway, your attitude, ironically, might help you help him. In my opinion, the only thing you can do to help him is to tell him that when he decides to stop drinking, that, unless he dies first, you’ll do what you can to help him (and then, of course, do it if he decides to stop). Trying to help him now by covering for him in any way or helping him with his bills or cleaning up for him will only delay his trip to rock bottom and prolong his drinking. (Doesn’t sound like you’d do any of that. And maybe a lot of people wouldn’t do that for a friend. When it’s your sibling or your child or parent, it’s more difficult).

[zk]

What knowledge I have about alcoholism comes from having three siblings who are alcoholics. And from the searching and researching what I could do to help them.

Brian, your lack of sympathy seems pretty cold hearted to me. Your attitude belies a misunderstanding of the situation, in my opinion. I don’t think it’s a matter of will power, but even if it is, where do you think you get your will power from? What if you get it from the same place that tall people get their height from? Which is a combination of genes and nourishment (physical nourishment in the case of height, emotional nourishment in the case of will power). Sure, maybe your friend is weak. But how’d he get that way? How do smart people get smart? Should smart people have no sympathy for stupid people? What about ugly people? People who are naturally socially inept? Maybe this is a topic for another thread, because it’s a big topic. But I think it applies here.

Anyway, your attitude, ironically, might help you help him. In my opinion, the only thing you can do to help him is to tell him that when he decides to stop drinking, that, unless he dies first, you’ll do what you can to help him (and then, of course, do it if he decides to stop). Trying to help him now by covering for him in any way or helping him with his bills or cleaning up for him will only delay his trip to rock bottom and prolong his drinking. (Doesn’t sound like you’d do any of that. And maybe a lot of people wouldn’t do that for a friend. When it’s your sibling or your child or parent, it’s more difficult).

[zk]

What knowledge I have about alcoholism comes from having three siblings who are alcoholics. And from the searching and researching what I could do to help them.

Brian, your lack of sympathy seems pretty cold hearted to me. Your attitude belies a misunderstanding of the situation, in my opinion. I don’t think it’s a matter of will power, but even if it is, where do you think you get your will power from? What if you get it from the same place that tall people get their height from? Which is a combination of genes and nourishment (physical nourishment in the case of height, emotional nourishment in the case of will power). Sure, maybe your friend is weak. But how’d he get that way? How do smart people get smart? Should smart people have no sympathy for stupid people? What about ugly people? People who are naturally socially inept? Maybe this is a topic for another thread, because it’s a big topic. But I think it applies here.

Anyway, your attitude, ironically, might help you help him. In my opinion, the only thing you can do to help him is to tell him that when he decides to stop drinking, that, unless he dies first, you’ll do what you can to help him (and then, of course, do it if he decides to stop). Trying to help him now by covering for him in any way or helping him with his bills or cleaning up for him will only delay his trip to rock bottom and prolong his drinking. (Doesn’t sound like you’d do any of that. And maybe a lot of people wouldn’t do that for a friend. When it’s your sibling or your child or parent, it’s more difficult).

[zk]

What knowledge I have about alcoholism comes from having three siblings who are alcoholics. And from the searching and researching what I could do to help them.

Brian, your lack of sympathy seems pretty cold hearted to me. Your attitude belies a misunderstanding of the situation, in my opinion. I don’t think it’s a matter of will power, but even if it is, where do you think you get your will power from? What if you get it from the same place that tall people get their height from? Which is a combination of genes and nourishment (physical nourishment in the case of height, emotional nourishment in the case of will power). Sure, maybe your friend is weak. But how’d he get that way? How do smart people get smart? Should smart people have no sympathy for stupid people? What about ugly people? People who are naturally socially inept? Maybe this is a topic for another thread, because it’s a big topic. But I think it applies here.

Anyway, your attitude, ironically, might help you help him. In my opinion, the only thing you can do to help him is to tell him that when he decides to stop drinking, that, unless he dies first, you’ll do what you can to help him (and then, of course, do it if he decides to stop). Trying to help him now by covering for him in any way or helping him with his bills or cleaning up for him will only delay his trip to rock bottom and prolong his drinking. (Doesn’t sound like you’d do any of that. And maybe a lot of people wouldn’t do that for a friend. When it’s your sibling or your child or parent, it’s more difficult).

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