Alcoholism is a universal
phenomenon. Down the centuries,
numberless women across the
globe have been coping with
husbands who come home drunk,
bash their wives and children
and make everyone's life
miserable. However surprisingly
most women timidly adjust to
their husbands' ways rather than
raising their voices in protest.
Maybe they have their own
difficulties and ways of dealing
with the problem but if your
alcoholic husband is abusing you
then it is time that you put an
end to this evil and fight
courageously against this
addiction and save you and your
family.
Guidelines
for Helping Your Alcoholic
Husband:
Acquire proper attitude. It is
difficult to help people who
sense that you despise them and
do not care for them and respect
them.
Alcoholism is an addiction to a
drug. Therefore willpower is not
enough; proper therapies are
needed and consult a proper
rehabilitation center or
counselor.
Confront your husband with the
fact of the disease, and offer a
possible solution. Alcoholics
never get well unless given a
chance.
Make your alcoholic husband
responsible for his actions.
Every time you make excuses for
him or shielded him, you have
just paid for the next drink.
Use all the alcoholism resources
available. It is a complex
illness; it needs a network of
people to treat it. Take into
confidence some of your
husband's closest friends (non
-drinkers) and ask them to
persuade your husband to
relinquish the bottle. Most men
brush aside the appeal of their
wives but pay heed to their
friends' advices.
Never give up hope; never be
discouraged. Even if your
alcoholic husband does not
recover at this time, the seed
has been planted. It
may bear fruit sometime in the
future.
Alcoholism is a family disease;
all family members are affected;
all need treatment.
Do not leave him alone. Always
keep supervision on him.
Accompany your husband to all
parties and gatherings to keep a
vigilant eye on him. If he is
under supervision he will not to
exceed the limits.
Try to avoid the parties where
your husband will be forced to
drink by his friends.
See that your husband’s salary
directly comes into your bank
account so that he shall not
have access to money to spend on
drinks.
Try to find the root cause of
the problem. Try to have a
heart-to-heart talk with him in
order to gauge the root cause of
his addiction.
Once the causes are discovered,
ways and means could be devised
to solve the related problems.
