How to help an alcoholic When it comes right down to the nitty gritty and you are faced with the very difficult question of how to help an alcoholic overcome alcoholism there is unfortunately no easy solution from my experience with addiction it is not going to be easy.
There are many options which are available when you get right down to how to help an alcoholic that is providing that you are willing and able to help. If the alcoholic is one of your loved ones; chances are you have been enabling their addiction for a number of years. So in order to help with alcoholism the first place you must start is with you. If you can admit you have been enabling this behavior and allowing it to continue; you must now commit to changing your own behavior.
How to help an alcoholic stop drinking
What this means is do not loan them any money they probably will only drink it up and this will delay them getting any type of help. Stick to your guns if they get in trouble do not bail them out let them sit no matter how much they beg and whine. They are likely to swear to you this is the last time but do not fall for it because if they are to stop drinking they must learn from their mistakes.
What you can do though is offer to drive them to treatment when they get out this is probably a very good way to help an alcoholic at this point. Here’s how to help an alcoholic beat their alcoholism; now, once you have your heart and mind set on helping with the alcoholics problem, the next important step is to make this person see the effects on the family alcohol creates.
Chances are they already know they have a problem; only they lie to themselves that their alcoholism isn’t affecting their loved ones. Sit them down, talk quietly to them about how the alcoholism makes you feel. It is important to never yell; once you begin to yell at them the alcoholic will want to run and hide; only it’s inside of a bottle where they will hide. So in essence this is not the way how to help an alcoholic.
If you can make them see how bad the problem is, hopefully the alcoholic will seek treatment. Nothing you can do will help if they don’t agree to help themselves. If your one on one talk doesn’t seem to help do not give up they may come around and want some help to overcome their alcoholism.
Alcohol addiction rehab
If they do I would try to get them into some sort of alcohol addiction rehab. There they can get the help they need to stop drinking plus they will not have to worry about going through the D T’s or alcohol withdrawal because they will be given medications to help with this.
After they finish there medical detox I would suggest the they continue their alcoholic recovery in residential treatment. There they will learn how to stay sober when they leave rehab.
Good luck
My name is Art. I help people to recover.
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My (recently ex) boyfriend, is in the process of pushing everyone he loves away from him and getting into a scary place with his drinking. We were together, but he broke up with me because he said he’s not good for me and isn’t going to change.
He said he won’t change until he’s ready, and when he decides then he’ll change. So, my question is, since he’s effectively removed me from his life, and taken away my ability interact with him and to offer him support – do I stay silent and let him come to me, or do I try to slowly and calmly bring myself into his life and talk to him. He knows that I care about him and love him, but right now he’s sinking fast into the abbyss.
Can you give me some guidance, please??
Thank you,
Debbie
Hi Debbie thanks for your comment
Well the truth is that is he did you a big favor when he said he broke up with me because he said he’s not good for me and isn’t going to change. Sorry to say it but however he came to that conclusion he was absolute right.
He is also right when he says he will not change until he is ready so in other words until he has had enough anything you or anyone else tries to say to him about his drinking will go in one ear and out the other.
My suggestion to you is not to try and manipulate yourself back into his life unless you enjoy misery. It may not seem like it now but it very well could be God sending you a message. I would say to stay as far away from him as possible and if he gets clean then perhaps things will change.
Good luck and
God bless