How Do You Help An Alcoholic Stop Drinking?
First of all, this is actually impossible. Unless YOU are the alcoholic, you can’t stop an alcoholic from drinking. Alcoholism is its own demon that can’t be fought from the outside. What you can do is make it impossible for the alcoholic in your life to drink without having the natural negative consequences that come from drinking. You will have to practice stepping away and watching the alcoholic face (or not face) his responsibilities. It will seem alien, harsh, and like you aren’t helping, since this “stepping away” seems contrary to “helping.” And the alcoholic will surely let you know that it feels this way. But be confident. It’s the only way. Here are some basic ideas to help get you started. Get yourself out of the house and to an Alanon meeting. You’ll find a lot of people just like yourself who are trying to detach from an alcoholic situation, leave the alcoholic alone, and get some control over their own lives.You might find that if you go to Alanon meetings regularly, your
