Alcoholic Spouse: Looking for Reputable Sites With Information Regarding Therapy for Past Alcoholics?
Question by supppkayla: Looking for reputable sites with information regarding therapy for past alcoholics?
To consider privacy matters, I’m going to call the alcoholic “Harry” and the spouse “Sally.”
Harry was an alcoholic for years, and verbally, mentally and physically abused his family (children and wife, although he never laid a hand on the wife.) Finally, a few years ago, the police were involved and Harry was taken to jail for the night for domestic violence. Sally then gave Harry an ultimatum: sober up or leave. He has not touched a drink or hit his family since that night, but the verbal and mental abuse still continues. Harry was kicked out for practically this whole summer, but was allowed to come back to the house. And yet, the abuse still continues. Sally seems to be too blinded by love to see that Harry is tearing her family apart. He refuses to go to AA because “it’s too depressing,” and refuses to go to counseling for his problems because “he isn’t the problem.” However, for about two years he forced his children and wife to go to counseling to fix their “problems.”
Harry is my father; I will be moving out soon and I will not be able to leave in good conscience knowing that Harry is emotionally killing my mother.
I plan to sit them both down soon and explain to them that my father’s violent attitudes need to stop. I want to find an accredited site that explains alcoholism and it’s side effects (those that continue after the drinking stops). If you know of any, please list them here. Thank you for your help.
Best answer:
Answer by Fran UK Man
Search for Alcoholics Anonymous. Don’t let things get you down and look after your mother. Move her elsewhere: serious advice. Move her.
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