My Spouse is an Alcoholic: Can I Make Them Stop Drinking Alcohol?
Mike Newman
“My spouse is an alcoholic.” Drinking alcohol is a choice, but too much overindulgence for too long can turn a person with choices into an alcoholic with Alcohol Use Disorder and no control over their own addiction. So, if your spouse drinks too much, how do you get them to stop drinking alcohol? How do you save them from themselves? You may have already heard the short answer: you can’t – they have to want to stop drinking. It seems hopeless because they are not going to want to stop drinking. Once the disease has progressed to the point of changing the chemistry in the brain, the alcohol controls their...
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