| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| Lost | 10/14/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: I am so lost..I think. About 4 months ago I received a phone call from my x-"recovering" alcoholic ...
A: I don't think you are lost. I think you understand quite well what's going on with you and your ...
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| help me! | 10/13/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: please help me out with my dad. he drinks way to much. and i have/had to grow up with my dad always ...
A: I am sorry you have so much pain over your Dad's drinking problem, but it is a good thing that you ...
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| Where Do I Go From Here? | 10/12/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: I am in sad place right now...I do not know what do. My husband is an alcoholic, and is from a long ...
A: Greetings to you, Ashley. You have written: >> [My husband] says he wants help and wants to ...
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| Husband & Beer | 10/10/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I have emailed Rebos a few times, but I see he is on vacation. In summary, I noticed a big change in ...
A: Debbie, Alcoholism is an illness of denial, this denial affects the drinker and everyone around ...
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| Alcohol abuse by a loved one | 10/7/2008 | Druideck |
Q: My girlfriend has a problem with being able to stop drinking before she becomes belligerent and at ...
A: Good day Nathan, Relationships can be strained by alcohol abuse and it's resulting behaviours. ...
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| no idea what my problem is | 10/7/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: so first off idk who to really ask. its not about getting help with any drinking problem but i have ...
A: There are many people who drink every day, but in moderation, don't end up having a withdrawal. ...
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| Aloholic parents | 10/7/2008 | Jurriaan Plesman |
Q: I am a college student. I am working on an essay about alcoholic parents and how it affects the ...
A: Alcoholism may run in the family because of a diabetic gene. Please read: Why Alcoholics Drink? at ...
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| alcoholic???? | 10/7/2008 | Clyde |
Q: .. i am 21 years old.... and have been a binge drinker since the age of 17... i can feel the toll ...
A: Melanie, Thank you for your questions and for sharing your drinking escapades. Very simply - ...
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| no idea what my problem is | 10/7/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: so first off idk who to really ask. its not about getting help with any drinking problem but i have ...
A: By your account I presume you've been going through what is known as 'Alcohol withdrawal.' Alcohol ...
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| Alcoholic partner | 10/7/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: ... I have,or should I say had, a roommate that turned into more of a partner relationship. Soon ...
A: Greetings to you. Bye all accounts your partner is an alcoholic and needs help. Alcoholism is a ...
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| Is my on/off bf alcoholic? Am i right to leave him now? | 10/6/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: I have been involved with Mark for 5 years,I quickly realised he was a heavy drinking but as ...
A: I regret the delay in responding to your question. I am not sure why I didn't get the question and ...
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| husband's increasing drinking and effect upon family | 10/6/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: My husband and I have been married almost 20 years and have a pre-teen son. My husband is running ...
A: What a difficult situation for you and your son! Although I do not like diagnosing alcoholism from ...
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| Husband Relapsed | 10/6/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I have been married to my husband for 6 years.When we married, he was finishing his AA program.He ...
A: Good day Amanda, I hear you saying your husbands drinking doesn't bother you and then again that it ...
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| Seeking help | 10/3/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: I am a 30 year old female who has been drinking 1-2 bottles of wine per day for the last 2 years. ...
A: Greetings to you, Jane. You have written: >> I have pain in my liver ... do you think my liver ...
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| alcohol/divorce | 10/2/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: My husband has recently filed for a divorce. He is an alcoholic, although he doesn't admit it. I ...
A: First of all I respect your position about the divorce and wanting to make your marriage work. ...
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| symptoms | 10/1/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I think that my father is an alcoholic, but I am not sure. Can you tell me which are the symptoms of ...
A: Good day, the symptoms of alcoholism are many. One primary symptom is denial that there is any ...
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| Stressed out | 10/1/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: .I need help. My husband is an alcoholic. He drinks every day. When he comes home from work at ...
A: Greetings to you, Shelley. You have written: >> I need help ... >> I've been to therapy ... >> I'm ...
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| Losing my father to alcoholism | 10/1/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: I just want to add to my previous question that - I rang my father every day after the paramedics ...
A: Take courage Kelly and pray hard for your father's soul. Forgive him for his mistakes and in turn ...
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| losing my father to alcoholism | 10/1/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: I am struggling deeply with coming to terms with the evil disease which has taken my father away. ...
A: At the outset, my heartfelt sympathies goes out to you. Now lets look at the bare facts. Your ...
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| Support for my boyfriend in recovery | 9/29/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: Please forgive me, if I sound ignorant. I have never done this before. My boyfriend of 5 months is ...
A: Greetings to you, Susan. I believe your dilemma is one that is rather simple to understand, but one ...
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| break up with fiance | 9/29/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: I originally wrote to Derek and he replied, but now I have further questions and he's no longer ...
A: Greetings to you, Shelley. You have written, and you asked: >> Derek indicated that [my fiancé’s] ...
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| alcoholism | 9/29/2008 | Derek Johnson |
Q: I am not sure if my husband is an alcoholic. First of all, his dad is an alcoholic. Two years ago, ...
A: Labeling a person an alcoholic is not really the point. People can be alcoholics at many different ...
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| :( I need help | 9/29/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I am in love with an alcoholic , I was raised by an alcoholic , and statistically I am an alcoholic ...
A: Good day, I know that drinking alcohol especially to an alcoholic is in the beginning at least a ...
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| 10 beer a day | 9/28/2008 | Jurriaan Plesman |
Q: I am Rahi from uk ,my brother drink a lot and i have heard that he take drugs as well we dont stay ...
A: There is not much you can do if he does not want to help himself. To understand alcoholism please ...
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| my husband is an alcoholic | 9/28/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: My husband is an admitted alcholic. He has told me over and over again that he is not going to quit ...
A: Greetings to you, Billie. You have written: >> I don't know how much more I can take. >> I am ...
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| alcoholism | 9/28/2008 | Derek Johnson |
Q: my boyfriend who has been sober for nearly a year became verbally abusive to me. he then tried to ...
A: People steeped in addiction will develop all kinds of clever ways to avoid the reality that a ...
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| The guilty feeling | 9/27/2008 | Druideck |
Q: Every morning I wake up saying this will be the day. Then by the afternoon I need a drink. Can ...
A: Dave, the guilt that you have failed personally can combine with other factors of this illness to ...
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| My new husband has returned to addictions | 9/26/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: I married a wonderful and thoughtful man 5 weeks ago. It was the happiest day of my life. My husband ...
A: Greetings to you, Tracia. You have asked: >> Where is the man I dated for a year? >> How did I not ...
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| is my husband an alcoholic or is he using it to get through tough times | 9/26/2008 | Rebos |
Q: My husband is a builder and we are about to file bankruptcy we have been going through this horrible ...
A: Good morning Shelly and thank you for your question Unfortunately, your husband is the only one who ...
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| break up with fiance | 9/25/2008 | Derek Johnson |
Q: I recently had a very bad break up with my fiance (2 years together) who I strongly believe is an ...
A: I agree that his problems are much to deep for you to be of any real help - especially if he is not ...
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| Would like a hard copy of your book | 9/24/2008 | Jurriaan Plesman |
Q: I can access your book "Getting off the hook" at Google Book Search, but I an very interested in ...
A: You can buy a hard copy of my book from our President: Mr Geoff Goninon at: ...
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| Post Acute-Withdrawl Syndrome | 9/24/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I think I might be experiencing some of the symptoms of PAWS and am in the care of a doctor. I was ...
A: Good day, there are many feelings of ups and downs in recovery as our brain chemicals and our ...
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| Wife is alcoholic | 9/23/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: I need advice. Wife is alcoholic. She is good when not drinking, but totally different when ...
A: I am sorry for the pain you are obviously in. The first priority is, as you suggest, the safety of ...
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| SHOULD I HELP HIM | 9/22/2008 | Rebos |
Q: Well firstly I suspected the boyfriend I was seeing of 8 months was an alcoholic. On confronting ...
A: Good morning Lesley and thank you for your question. The steps that you should take… is to find out ...
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| sad | 9/20/2008 | Druideck |
Q: My soon to be husband has not been ship out yet but he think it is o,k to drink and he gets really ...
A: Jessica, the first thing you should do is get to a safe place like a relative or friend or a ...
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| father alocoholic | 9/19/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I have a problem with my father who has become an alcoholic since past 8 months. Not a single day ...
A: Dileep, he will just buy more alcohol if you give him money. If he needs things like food, get him ...
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| father alocoholic | 9/18/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I have a problem with my father who has become an alcoholic since past 8 months. Not a single day ...
A: Dileep, I know it is distressing to watch your father in this condition. It is difficult to deal ...
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| Am I the one with a problem? | 9/17/2008 | Druideck |
Q: Please help me understand what the heck is going on. I was in a relationship with an alcoholic for ...
A: Lena, you basically pegged the problem when you said you feel addicted to him. This guy has living ...
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| CONFUSED | 9/16/2008 | Jurriaan Plesman |
Q: Please help me before I go crazy. Let me briefly explain my story. Over a year ago my ex boyfriend ...
A: You say you are addicted to this man who abuses you and uses you whenever he is drunk. This does not ...
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| How do I talk to my husband about his increasingly alarming drinking? | 9/15/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: I am so nervouse to put this sentence down, it means this is really an issue. I have been married ...
A: This is such a difficult situation for you, as a newlywed and a person in recovery, to have a ...
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