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Bruno talks about his successful alcohol detoxification and recovery at Turning Point in Hamilton, ON. Bruno has now been living sober for more than two years.

Question by brightstar: Can somebody help me out on how to help out my dad with his alcoholism??
i’m married with 2 children and one on the way, me and my family have lived sharing rent with my mom and dad for 5 years but my dad drinks alcohol since i was 3 years old, and he abuses verbally my mom and he doesn’t get along with my husband. So my husband has told several times to my dad to start looking for another plce for himself because we were planning on moving too the minute we had the opportunity to move, so he didn’t want to listen, and 4 weeks ago we moved to our own place but my dad is now homeless, he has no place to stay with no family no brothers and my husband don’t want him to know where we live at, today is hisn last day to stay in the old address but our old landlord called us to tell us if he doesn’t go today they’re bringing the sheriff. I forgot to mentioned he lost his job since sept. last year and he has no money or job and i’m not working either to help him out. I’m deseperate i don’t want him to sleep in the streets with his alcoholism problem plz. someadvice

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Answer by dragonfly
just remember he is your dad and he is sick and he let you into his home so you do the math tell him he can come if he gets help

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by LZ Creations

Question by : What is the best word (max 2) to describe a post on subjects like pedophilia. alcoholism and stuff?
i am working on a project that’s about posting about issues related to pedophilia. debt alcoholism drug abuse domestic violence and a few more. something like this place but its fouces on these issues and its totally anonymous. So what can call the initial post ? or the initial poster? its

like 1st post . submission and so on . but something more inline with the feeling of the site. emotional and so forth. not really a question as well.
I came up with Disclosure. anything else?

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Answer by I Am Back
“Sick Sh!t” works for me.

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by brizzle born and bred

Question by : Do you think “tough love” is a good method to assist people with alcoholism and other forms of addiction?
My aunt is an alcoholic, and it is really putting a lot of strain on my family. I went to see one of the social-workers at SANCA (the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence). she suggested my family and I go for a course on “tough-love” to rectify the situation. Whilst I acknowledge that our current approach (giving her money etc when she needs it), is not working, tough love seems cruel to me. I definitely do not want my aunt (who is currently unemployed) to land up on the street. I feel she would probably sink even deeper into her alcoholism as living on the streets is very traumatic. Moreover, the monetary decisions are not in my hands – they are decided by my father and uncle (who support her). I do not want to encourage my family to take an approach to my aunt’s addiction that would cause irreparable psychological damage.

What are your views on this matter?

Thanks to all who answer, I appreciate your input.

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Answer by Wendell
Tough Love is a strong approach. It requires you to draw a boundary and stick to it. If you are not willing to keep to the established boundaries you set up it will not help.

Alcoholics begin their road to recovery when they hit bottom. This can be different for each individual. I have known some who lost a job and that was enough. I know others who ended up homeless and in a run down motel decided it was enough.

I do not know what it will take for your Aunt to hit bottom. I suspect your father and uncle make it relatively easy for her to keep her patterns of use.

I want to connect you to an article about how to stop enabling.

http://www.freemyaddict.com/how-not-to-enable-what-works-and-what-doesnt

The damage resulting from the alcoholism may be worse than any psychological damage that may occur.

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Question by Johnny B. Goode: Can you get on state disability for having depression, alcoholism and panic attacks? I have all 3. I can?
barely drive because of extreme panic attacks that started in 2000 when I was in a bad car accident, a drunk driver hit and ran me. I have been marginally employed the past 10 years, and haven’t worked in 3 years.

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Answer by Ginny Jin
You might get something but be prepared for a rigorous assessment.

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by contraquien

Question by Count Acumen: Do you agree with this definition of alcoholism, if not what would you change?
alcoholism (definition)-
addiction to alcohol: dependence on alcohol consumption to an extent that adversely affects social and work-related functioning and produces withdrawal symptoms when intake is stopped or greatly reduced

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Answer by Kerry h
Yes, I agree. It’s a good definition.

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by Martin Beek

Question by : Does Poland have a problem with alcoholism?
I have just returned from a trip to Kracow. It was really lovely.

However, One thing that really struck me was the amount of 24 hour alcohol shops. We were in one and a sorry looking chap who was obviously already very drunk came in and bought some booze. I thought it was irresponsible to serve him more but I don’t think if I was working on my own in the shop, that I would be brave enough to refuse. Then on our journeys, we walked a lot, we came across lots of broken booze bottles in hidden places, like under bridges or in a side street. Then this morning we saw the same chap we had seen before, being spoken to by the police. It seemed he had been begging, judging by the cup he had and few zlotys in it.

It made me wonder if Poland had a major alcoholism problem? The 24 hour shops seems crazy! Who needs booze 24 hours?

It didn’t taint our view at all. After all, I come from Scotland. We certainly have a booze problem!

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Answer by Isolde Honora
Possibly but then again, all cultures are different. I know quite a few Polish people and none of them have alcohol problems.

I’m guessing it’s just a lack of Laws in place. If they didn’t exist here then you can be sure that Off Licenses would take advantage of it too.

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