was a new person .its like a stranger living with you .And no matter what you try to understand things shock you .For example
not going anywhere out of house even if the mother /father push her too
spending lots of hour in her room .dont know if she is drinking .using drugs but she sleeps a lot or sit o her PC to play online games
all her friends are away and busy .and she has no job *she is looking but not serious enough*
she binge on food then stop eating ..
help!

I’ve just recently found out that my dad’s an alcoholic. I had no idea because he always saves his binge-drinking until around ten o’clock at night, when me and my brother are usually in our rooms, and drinks heavily till about midnight. My mum told us that he’s been drinking heavily each night since he was 18 years old, and he is 52 now. He goes through about bottle of pure vodka every night (about 500-750ml, I’m guessing), and doesn’t get violent but just sits and gets drunk silently. He sometimes says sentences that just DO NOT make sense. How has this affected him physically and how has his life expectancy been affected? And by how many years has his life expectancy been lessened?

I have just recently gotten wind of the news that my best friend is now suffering from alcoholism. This really shocked me because back when we lived in the same town, she wouldn’t even touch a glass of beer, much less drink it. Now she’s asking for my help in bringing back the old her– the one who was sober. I would like to find alcohol rehabs for her but I don’t know how.

I made this video in school with 2 other guys and a video camera.

My girlfriend read a study that says if a parent was ever an alcoholic, then that parent’s child has an increased probability of becoming an alcoholic. We agree on this but have drawn differnt conclusions from it. (I’m a former alcoholic, sober since 1997). I raised a hypothetical question: Suppose I, a former alcoholic, put my kid up for adoption. Now assume instead, I had abstained from alcohol for life, and put my kid up for adoption. Would my kid be less at risk of developing alcoholism in the second scenario? I think not, my girlfriend thinks so. That is, I think that once I was born with a genetic (lets say 60%) likelihood of developing alcoholism, I would be no more or less likely to pass that on to my offspring, whether or not I had abstained from alcohol (in our scenario the child is raised away from me so that environmental cues don’t play a role). She thinks, that even if the child was raised apart, the kids risk of alcoholism is higher in the first scenario? Help!

My father has cirrhosis due to alcoholism. He drinks about 1L of vodka daily and probably eats about 500 calories worth of food. He has lost about 50lbs in the last year, and his face and arms are covered in lesions. His stomach is large, but the rest of him is skin and bones. He has drank heavily for the last decade, but his condition has really deteriorated over the last year. He also has Type II diabetes, but he stopped taking his medication. My question is how long can I expect him to live? He will not stop or slow his drinking. I am just worried about my mother and brother because they are in a horrible situation. My brother decided to wait to go to college because he did not want to leave my mom alone with my dad.
I am not trying to be cold. I spent years begging my father to stop drinking. He does not want to. He has stated several times that he has no desire to live and doesn’t care how anyone else feels. He refuses to see a doctor anymore. I just worry about the damage this is doing to my little brother.

Please do not insult my intelligence by saying that they do not. I would like to hear from a law enforcement official or from a lawyer/judge what it is about marijuana that makes it so much worse than heroine, EX, cocaine, crack, etc.

I don’t drink, no other drugs, just pot that I get from my family. I don’t harm anyone and no one gets hurt. I have no problems with my life.
My father does cocaine because drug tests don’t pick it up on urine samples. He also abuses alcohol, has saught both drug and alcohol treatment numerous times, and will likely die when his kidney/liver explode from being pushed to the brink for the last 40 years. His alcohol drove him to physically abuse my mother, mentally abuse me, and use his influence to create theatrical lies about me to the rest of my family in order to cut me out of the will; all because I would not accept his habits, and he saw it as a challenge.

I will restate the question: Why do feds grab up all the marijuana but leave the harder drugs on the streets?

As a “pothead” I am downright outraged at all these commercials about how terrible smoking cigarettes is, about how “this is your brain on drugs”, and all this other garbage… as if I needed a reminder of truly “bad influence” that federal law enforcement simply does not seem to grasp, and I am not alone.

Do your freakin job.
i hate to nag on cops though because they just do what they are told, but feds like the DEA dont answer to dirtballs like that.
Oh, really? You’re some expert, right? I already informed you of my abusive father. The life or death situations I was in as a child gave my PTSD. In many ways I was a soldier before I could even learn to formulate thoughts properly. Instead of taking some medication that will put me into a coma or kill me, I have chosen to smoke marijuana. In the long term it is also much cheaper. I have had no anxiety, and depression is much better than it was many years ago… but, with all due respect, I do not expect you to understand that in your own shoes.
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thanks for taking part in my question.

I am sorry if this offends anyone…

But my dad has been going to AA, and he is getting bible-thumpy and its weird. I heard that it wasn’t so religious before, and it kinda bothers me. Sorry if this is offending to anyone, I am just not highly religious; my faith is basic. Please give me your thoughts!
I am not worried about his faith. I am very happy for him, because he used to not take me to Sunday school and stuff; Ive just grown out of that.

The thing that bothers me is that he is phony about the stuff. My stepmom (who goes to the same meetings…btw..shes awesome!!! haha ) even agrees with me….
and now hes treating me like im a f***ing 4 year old! HELLO?! I AM 13!!! ugh…haha…now question is turning to my dad.. hahaha…well save me 5 points! what should i do about my dad who treats me like i am 4?!?!

A few days ago the dentist diagnosed me with pericornitis. In short form it has to do with my wisdom teeth coming in and an infection. It has been all swollen around it. She prescriped me antibiotics and said they take 48 hours to work. Since then the (very intense pain) has spread to some of my other bottom teeth, the side of my mouth, and it seems that the inside of my ear is hurting as well. It has been almost three days and the antibiotics have done nothing. She told me iboprofen would help the pain, but it hasn’t. My step-dad gave me half an oxycontin last night, but it didn’t help one bit. I looked into it and these pain-spreading symptos and stuff didn’t seem to be anywhere. Should I call back my dentist please every day I’ve been in so much pain I can’t function like this. Is this enough to call them back?? Please??

my dad has had about 3 dui’s in the past and has had a whole shit load of other things on his record. But the one day i let him barrow my brand new lifted 12inch silverado 4 door truck he gets it impounded cause of a dui. Now hes in jail for 2 years and theres no way on gods green earth i can afford to get it out under the circumstances. What should i do , buy a new car, or sew his ass?

is a minister and knows about the situation, but my childhood minister does not. (Fiance didn’t hurt/kill anyone. We had left the club, and police were around the corner. He admitted to drinking. We should have stayed a while longer, but we didn’t. They were looking for people leaving when they stopped serving alcohol. Lesson DEFINITELY learned )I really would like to get married in the church I went to as a child, but I’m nervous to ask as I don’t want him to immediately ask to meet him. I even use to live for 6 months with the pastor, and his daughter babysat me for 4 years. I haven’t been to his church steadily since I had my daughter at 16. I go maybe 3-4 times a year ever since. I think I felt like I let them down, but now I am a senior in college. I know we will have to go through marital counseling. That’s something we both have decided.

Would you just suck it up and ask my minister now if we could have ceremony in church? Should I just ask his best friend’s father?

What would you do?

My fiance knows the minister’s children, but I don’t think he’s ever met him.
I’ve found a reception venue, and I could have wedding in same place but I really do not want to do that.
I’m nervous… They are like my 2nd parents/grandparents.
Why is he a loser because he had alcohol in his system???? If he had a full time job at the same location as a chef since we graduated high school in 2002, and is graduating 1 semester from now from college, is he still a loser… No judgement is asked for.
it’s only 2 months… something isn’t missing… he could have got probation, but they took into account his schooling, volunteer service… he decided to take the time the defense offered… or years on probation.
Why am I even commenting on that? The minimum in Texas is:
Drivers 21 and Over
First offense:
Up to a $2,000 fine
Possibly 72 hours to 180 days in jail
Driver license suspension: 90 days to one year

He got 2 months… So, again, no judgement is asked for.
and that’s off of texas’s dept of public safety website SOOOO nothing is missing. aNSWER the question or move on. Thanks!
Take heed that this is the only imperfection on his record. He has no warrants, outstanding tickets, repeated nothing… My other questions were questions asked. Simply questions.

A child with blood type O has a mother with blood type A and a father with blood type B. The parental genotypes for the blood types must be

(a) Ai and Bi
(b) AB and Bi
(c) Ai and BB
(d) AA and BB

I have to say that if I were an alcoholic (like my father) there is no way I could NOT realize something was wrong. He is an absolute drunk and has been since I was born (25 years ago) but he REFUSES to believe there is anything wrong with him. How can he not realize he’s a raging drunk? He falls asleep in bars, falls asleep in his car, falls off of chairs, forgets everything from the night before, has ruined his relationship with my sister and I and cheated on my mom due to drinking. WTF?

My nephew got his girlfriend pregnant. Her home environment is horrible. She has an open protective services case due to physical abuse from her step father, as well as neglect from her mother, who is a recovering heroin addict. My brother and his wife want custody of their sons girlfriend, but how do they go about doing so? The pregnant girlfriend is still too young to go through emancipation in the state of Michigan.

I see the father as an unfit influence on the child. He has a long crimnal record and continues to go in and out of jail. He has a drug problem, which he tells me he has quit, he was doing meth, but i have reason to believe he is still useing. He expects me to blindly trust his word, that he doesn’t and shouldn’t earn my trust, and believe that he’s stopped drugs cold turkey. I can never get a hold of him, he is the one that contacts me and he does so rarely. He has that attitude, i believe i should get everything i ask for and give nothing in return. He jumps from place to place, until he gets so demanding and pushy that people kick him out. He can’t keep a job, because everyone is treating him ‘unfairly’. He has two children from two different ex-girlfriends, whom he has never paid child support, because he can’t keep a job, not to mention that their all under the counter; construction, janitorial jobs.

Drugs & Alcohol Public Service Announcement

I have an audition with a commercial agency, and i have to have a funny/normal and more of a dramatic (like PSA about teen drug abuse) I am a fifteen year old female, so i need a monologue that fits me. I could not find ANY monologues that fit the dramatic PSA type of commercial. please helpp.

my dad is an alcoholic and has been ever since i can remember. does that mean if i drink alcohol once and a while i’ll get addicted? is alcoholism hereditary?

My parents have never been good with money so now that they are older they do not own a home or vehicle. They have always rented houses and so forth and just recently had their vehicle repossessed. Well, long story short, my father is an alcoholic. He has been one since I can remember. My mother always refused to leave him because she felt we “needed” a father. Although he was present in our life he was never any benefit to any of his children. We lived with him getting a paycheck and taking off from us for weeks at a time then once he exhausted his money he would come running home to stay sober for a few days them run off again. Now, my parents because they lack a home they live with my husband and I as well as our 2 young children. Both of my parents are retired and since they have come to live with us my father has continued his drinking binges. We live in a city where the heat is 110+ and twice now he has been brought home. Once by a police officer and another by a stranger because they found him laying around and were concerned for him b/c of the heat. He has come back totally disgusting, both times horribly drunk with pee all over himself. He has detached himself from his family so he refuses to go to them and his children are basically his only hope.

Now, I am finding myself in this position where I cannot stand his drinking because my children have to see it and I can’t stand the fact that he keeps taking off to roam about an area he knows nothing about leaving us to worry about him. I have no idea what to do. I love him because he’s my father but I just can’t stand his drinking. I feel obligated to continue caring for him and put up with his drinking but at the same time I hate that my children have to continue dealing with this disruption. I mean I had to grow up with it and hate for my children to have to put up with it.

Can anyone offer me any suggestions as to what I can do? My mother expects me to kick him out and to put him on the streets but I hate having that put on me. I know once he sobers up he will come running back and will be begging to come back as long as he knows where we live. I don’t know what to do. He is not a mellow drunk and will argue with me or my mother or even if we dont’ say things to him he will verbally outlash at us and say mean things. A few years ago in a town where our relatives live he ran into people we knew and told them all these things about how we kicked him out, how we don’t feed him or care for him. I even had a relative call me yelling at me for not taking care of my father but no one sees the way he is or knows that he walks away on his own.

I am desperately trying to find a solution for this and I have no idea what to do or how to deal with this.
To add, he has been to rehab about 14 years ago and refuses to go back. We dont’ have any means of paying for him to go to treatment or anything either.