How Do You Help An Alcoholic Spouse?
According to the World Health Organization, 76 million people in 2004 had issues resulting from alcohol addiction. A alcohol-dependent spouse can bring heartbreak and devastation to a family, especially where there are children involved. There are plenty of resources available to help a loved one get clean and sober. Unfortunately, only the alcohol abuser can make the decision to get help, and that decision often comes only after serious consequences have been dealt.Avoid Being CodependentCodependency is when the spouse of an addicted loved one becomes a part of the addiction cycle without meaning to. This comes in the form of enabling. If you consistently help your spouse out of bad situations, such as bailing him out of jail after he is arrested for drunk driving, you are becoming a part of the problem. Unless your alcoholic spouse reaches a bottom, he will never decide to get clean. You have to allow him to reach that bottom, and he never will as long as you are always there to cush
