There’s this monologue I’ve heard about 2 times but never catch what play it’s from. It’s about a girl who is forced to go to a Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and talks about all the problems she has like being evicted because she would not date the landlord’s son, her parents disowning her because they mistaken “I’m late” for “I’m gay” over the phone, etc. In the end she yells out: My name is (don’t remember) and I’m PROUD to be an alcoholic!
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How can I protect the kids? They are not being harmed right now and are away from their father who beats the mother. The mother is an alcoholic and has hit her daughter, but not the son yet. They are not in imminent danger so CPS won’t really do anything concrete and could scare my sister away from at least a safe environment with my parents. She won’t enter rehab or stop drinking either.
How can I protect the kids? They are not being harmed right now and are away from their father who beats the mother. The mother is an alcoholic and has hit her daughter, but not the son yet. They are not in imminent danger so CPS won’t really do anything concrete and could scare my sister away from at least a safe environment with my parents. She won’t enter rehab or stop drinking either.
My cousin and I used to be extremely close, best friends since pretty much since we were born…but things have changed since he started high school. He’s become increasingly rebellious and dark, sort of a loner holing himself up in his room to play (Insert random violent video game name here) and we never seem to talk anymore, he never seems to want to hang out and the way he acts, I don’t exactly want his company either…
Some of his recent choices have been, I’ll be blunt, pretty stupid…he used to be a total clown and fun to hang with, and now he’s incredibly irritable and has emotionally flat-lined. He’s also in a position of being the son of an alcoholic parent whose behavior has only gotten worse as time has passed on, and the two have frequently butted heads as of late. I just don’t know how to interact with him anymore, and I’ve only been honest with him about how he’s changed like two times… we used to talk and share everything with each other and now it’s like he won’t have anything to do with me…I’m a little hurt and very worried about what goes on behind closed doors, and truly want to be there for him, but how can you help someone who won’t acknowledge you?
(Sorry I typed so much)
My boyfriend of 4 years and father of our 2 year old son, is an alcoholic and has been for 15 or so years. It recently got worse, and tonight shit hit the fan, and I got physical with him. So he made me pack my shit up and said I better be out by tomorrow or else. We share a car, I don’t have a job, I don’t have any income, not even a credit card. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. I want him to change more than anything, and he has chosen alcohol over myself and our son, time and time again. How long am I supposed to wait for him to change? He ADMITS he’s an alcoholic, but says “I don’t need any AA meetings” I am depressed, my son and I sit in the house all day long. I know he is getting depressed too. My dad was an alcoholic too and I don’t want my son going through this. What is it going to take for him to change? Leaving and taking his son?? I really don’t want to do that. Please help us
I know him – he painted a couple of rooms in my house. He’s an illegal alien and I was concerned he’d get picked up by the police and be cut off from his daughter. He’s harmless — when my husband and son were walking him into the house, he cried from shame. I have no 1st hand experience with alcoholism. He’s in the guest room yelling a loud moaning yell. Should I call an ambulance? Any other advice on helping him?
i have a friend that went her whole pregnancy without drinking and after her son was born she went right back to drinking. shes a blackout drinker. she wants to quit and wants me to get answes on here on how to and wat worked 4 other ppl.
I am in a real tricky situation. I live in a small town, in Iowa, where my ex practices as a attorney. We were only engaged when I had our son and broke up,due largely to his alcohol abuse, before ever having been married. However, we have nothing in writing regarding custody. As bad as that sounds I couldn’t afford an attorney and no one would represent me any way being that would be a conflict of interest against my ex. I realize I would need to find a out of town lawyer but again money is tight.
Over the years we have had ups and downs getting along largely because of his erratic mood swings. He takes our son only once a week and OCCASIONALLY overnight,like maybe 5 times per year. That is a big reason why I don’t pursue any thing because it’s better our son sees him less often than more,as sad as that sounds. Oh when he picks him up he’s ‘wonder dad’ and our son thinks he’s wonderful but I’m watching this man deteriorate from either just alcohol or something more.
He has had severe weight loss and I have people contacting me asking “what’s wrong with him , he looks like he has cancer.” I also hear he gets kicked out of bars because of his temper and vile behavior. There are days he’s extremely hyper and others where he is emotionally removed or indifferent. I am a non practicing nurse, now married and at home mom with a small business ran from home. As a nurse I know he is mentally unstable and while he is good with our son ONE day a week[and that is usually while in the midst of his sisters and mom] I don’t trust his emotional stability to hold around our son forever. He has had horrible rage fits with me over the phone over the smallest of things, and constantly threatens me with court although he’s never specific as to what he thinks he would gain out of it. After the legal threats and verbal abuse over the phone[your a liar,your crazy,you make me sick, ]he talks to me later like nothing ever happened.Some times he claims he doesn’t ‘remember’ having that conversation YET he’ll turn around and call me delusional and crazy. He DOES however seem to know his limitations which I feel is why he takes our son so little.
This whole situation walks a fine line. I do feel our son shouldn’t be in his care ALONE because I don’t know if he’s using drugs etc. Is there anything I can do, even though I have many witnesses with his alcohol abuse or is it still just my word against his? He can pull so many of his lawyer strings how can I fight him? If I even bring up something that I feel is a concern directly to him he goes ballistic! Will me fighting him bring more harm than good? I didn’t sign up to be a psychologist when dealing with this man so I am running out of patience every time I am verbally attacked because of something he doesn’t want to hear. He’s a ticking time bomb and I don’t want our son to suffer because of it.
[I would ask his family for help but they also have alcohol issues and are in complete denial of it.]
He said he didnt think to pour it out, and he hid it so noone would think it was his. My son also asked me why do I think he comes home chewing gum. its to get rid of the smell. My husband can’t smoke inside his work, so he says he chews gum when he can’t smoke. I asked him why come home chewing it when you can smoke, he said he guessed he liked chewing it. The part of me that believes he isnt drinking is because he was a very violent and aggressive drunk, and I’ve not seen that lately. We have had some arguments but not like before. And when he drinked, he never drinked whiskey or liquor, only beer. My son suspects he’s drinking stronger alcohol to get drunk quicker. My husband’s daughter and sister even suspect he’s drinking. I know I should believe my son also, but I have not found anything to suspect from my husband. What should I do? My son is his stepson. I thought my husband was going on 9 months sober. Please help me.
My grandfather and father was both alcoholics and they both died from it im married and have a 2 year old son i don’t want to become like my father and grandfather i try my best to stay away from alcohol my wife would scold me about it every time i drink and remind me of my family history i don’t want to follow in my grandfather and father’s footsteps how can i prevent this from happening?
5th time been on here about my friend helped her non stop now she been sober for 7 days she doesnt want to know me the prob is my son is 6 and in the same class as her kids my son has aspergers syndrome so he finds friendships so so hard usually i would pick her kids up sometimes and they would come n play now she blanking me and my son, my son is upset and now she actually told her family shes hid it for a year and been offloading on me she doesnt want to know me i am so hurt and now she is cutting my son out i cant understand people
My alcoholic husband finally took the hint and left. He never calls. Does that mean he doesn’t care?
Married 6 years. Husband’s alcoholism progressively got worse, although he still retained his job as a school administrator. He loves the bars. I tried to keep up with him for a while, but couldn’t. He became verbally abusive, flirted with other women (I can’t prove adultery) and refused to get help. His mother and extended family try to talk to him sometimes, but don’t really force the issue. After all, he is the favorite son and cousin. He and I are both 54. I nagged, begged, made excuses, etc. I went and got him when he couldn’t find his car many a ‘next day’. He is the Cell Phone King and loves to wife bash. He has told lies about me, even sober. He lost his cell phone when he was out TWICE in bars and guess who he blamed? He finally left after I continually told him that if he wanted to live the single life, he needed to live it outside of our home. He has been gone a month, living in the same town. He has not tried to call or communicate. I don’t want the drama anymore, but I wonder if he truly doesn’t really care and I need to accept it. Is the fact that he doesn’t communicate a sign that he is ready to move on? I can’t ask him anything; he refused to talk about anything serious when he was home.
When my husband of 6 years gets a “buzz”, he is verbally abusive to me and my son.(from a previous relationship) When he’s sober and I tell him what he said or did he calls me a liar and denies it all. I have left him many times but I keep coming back. He has started AA classes and soon as he realizes I’m back, he stops AA and starts drinking again. I love him but this is causing me to really dis-like him. I am not attracted to him anymore because of this reason. When we lay down together all I smell is beer and his eyes are glossy. I need advice on what to do. I don’t want to turn my back on him, we have 2 children together and i have one from a previous relationship who looks up to my husband as his daddy. I don’t want them to think it’s o.k to drink a case of beer a day.(and still walk a straight line)
My best friend of 15 years is a full blown alchohlic. She has tried help and nothing works, she don’t want to quit. She has a very bad attitude when she drinks and gets verbally abusive. I love her to death but really can not take it anymore. She lies to me when she is drunk thinking i am stupid and can’t tell, she talks bad about my husband and my son!!! But when she is sober, she is the sweetest person in the world. I know I should just tell her if she is gonna drink then to just stay away, but she is the only real friend i have and on top of that she lies to me about drinking when she comes over. I don’t want this around my son and newborn. She has even lost her son and drivers liscence. Now I have a party for my baby coming up and I slipped about it to her and there will be alcohol there. Although I didn’t tell her when it is, what do I do about it? she has insulted our families before at recent parties. What do I tell her? Should I X her out of my life? I am confused.
It is the son asking how he is suppose to follow in his dad’s footsteps when his dad foot steps are stagger, how his dad came to graduation drunk and snuck out early.Come home late and drunk?? I know this is a bad discription but I would like any help!! Thanks!!!
relationship has become very bad.He does not even want to have sex with me.I am 45 and he is 51.Some how although he is an alcohoiche likes to shout at me only for all his problems.last 7 years not a sinle time he has had sex with me. whether he has another woman or women i am not very sure. but he tries to fight for no reason.I have one adoted son. whi\o is 9 years old.
Hey everyone, I’m 29w2d pregnant with #1. I used to drink (not heavily) before I became pregnant, and all I’ve seemed to crave for the past 2 days are rum & beer. I feel horrible for admitting that, but is that normal to crave stuff like that? I’m definitely not going to be drinking any at all while pregnant, my son means more than that to me. Has anyone else experienced similar cravings? Thanks!
My son is on their honeymoon and wants to live with them. The new wife has a lot of money and a fancy black sports car which I cannot compete (nor do I want to) with. My 12 year old son is enamoured with this new life style. How do I cope with the pain?
Me and my sons dad are still together, yet he lives in Sioux City IA and I live in TX. I am living with my sister right now and he is trying to recover from not only alcohol, but from losing his job, his light and about to be the roof over his head. Yesterday he was blessed with a job that pays great there but he still has to struggle till his first check. I had a job until last week so i got my last check yesterday and I try to send him as much as I can without breaking myself. I want to stay here and work and save while he is there making sure that when me and my son gets there we wont have to do without. Sometimes I feel so insecure about him because well lets just say I forgave him for a lot of stuff he did to me in the past. We have both let each other know of any deep dark secrets we had and got everything out in the open. About a week ago he had a drink because he felt so much pressure on him at the time he thought he needed it. It really hurt me because if he drinks he tends to lie. Also, yesterday he went to see one of his friends that is not a good influence, epecially in his situiation and he didnt anser my phone calls all night and also didnt call me till late the next day. I was a mess, I called the jails there, I called the ER’s there, and I could not find him. So when He finally called me I was upset. He tells me that he went out and started not to feel well and drove himself to the ER in the city he was in. I didnt call to verify but I should have. I kno that he does have a heart problem so I asked him if he drank and he said no, then I asked him if he had done anything else to cause his heart rate to mess up and he said he had to go he was updet that I would even ask him that. I really didnt mean to ask that, I was just upset that I hadnt heard from him and he was ignoring my calls. Should I feel guilty for asking him that? he said it hurt his feelings. I have never been with anyone that is recovering from alcohol, so how should I handle things if I feel like I have been hurt? I dont want to cause him to go back to the drink. Can anyone relate?
every day theirs parents that insult everybody, including their own, that their’re abandon from their family, except a son or their daughter. that with all the insult they take , till they take care of them. without support of another member. and without doing a intervension.
