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A Ghost in the Closet: Is There An Alcoholic Hiding?

the result of dale mitchel’s extensive review of the literature on alcoholism is a remarkable overview of the facts and fictions of this disease and revovery from it. the effect of a ghost in the closet is that of a metaphoric dimmer-switch, gradually illuminating more and more of a room darkened by ignorance, cultural bias, misunderstanding, and hostility. in a voice that is alternately objective and personal, mitchel reveals blindness and grandiosity as common aspects of the recovery pa

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Loving An Alcoholic- The Early Days

I can remember when I first began to go to Alanon for families and friends of alcoholics. It was shocking to realize just how truly warped my own thinking was.

First of all I began to see that I had an enemy- a very real, true, and vicious one. And he was living perilously close to me. In fact this enemy was inhabiting the very sacred space called “My brain.”  This enemy, who knew my every weakness and sore spot and was not afraid to use it, used to taunt me mercilessly. He had choice phrases such as “You’re lousy as a mother. You shouldn’t even have kids. You’re a terrible wife. You’re hurting Dave. You’re hurting your mom, your dad, your family. You really should just give it up. You’re useless. You’re hopeless. You’re rotten. You’re terrible.” This enemy said things to me that I never would have said to any human being on the face of the earth.