How Can I Help My Alcoholic Husband?

No one sets out to be the best alcoholic they can be.

So why do some people become alcoholics and others don’t?
Why do alcoholics feel compelled to drink?
Why don't they stop?
If they do stop for a while why don’t they stay stopped?
Why couldn't I help my husband?
Why didn't counselors and 12 step programs help?
If he loved us why did he keep drinking?
Why did the craving for alcohol get worse over time?

Excellent books and websites are discussed which offer personal health plans with a high success rate.

The damage done to the brain and body by the alcohol must be repaired. If in sober times the drinker is able to see that others have become well without struggling to stay sober each day, he will be encouraged. It will not happen overnight but the seed will have been sewn. The alcoholic must want to help himself and all we can do is offer alternative solutions that have a good success rate.
Alcoholics are individuals and one type of treatment can never fit all.
No alcoholic ever wants or thinks they need ‘treatment.’ They don’t want our help because they see no reason to change a life they are happy with. It must be their choice whether to take advantage of the options to restore their health or not. Only then can we say we have done the best we could to help them with the knowledge available today.

Index

Tunnel Vision
No Alcoholic Wants Treatment
We are all Individuals
We Also Get Angry
It Is Not All About You
The Family Is Involved By Default
My Personal Experience
The Pretext of Normality
The Great Why?
An Unhealthy Brain
What Alcohol Depletes
Understanding Sugar
An Automatic Response
Peace of Mind
Inner Turmoil
It Is Just How I Am
Not Happy People
It Is Easy To Read
Happiness.....What Happiness?
A Need to Cope
Myths
Words
Co-dependents
Something Has to Happen
'Treatment'
Different Types of Alcoholics
Time and Cost
The Medical Profession
Change
Choices
Riding Uphill
In An Ideal World
Education and Attitude
The Wrong Diagnosis
Too Late
Kevin
Websites and Books