How Do I Get My Dad Off Drugs? » ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com We can help get your dad off drugs today Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:25:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Can you please tell me about Edgar Allan Poe’s life, and How it influenced his work? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/can-you-please-tell-me-about-edgar-allan-poes-life-and-how-it-influenced-his-work-7/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/can-you-please-tell-me-about-edgar-allan-poes-life-and-how-it-influenced-his-work-7/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:25:08 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/can-you-please-tell-me-about-edgar-allan-poes-life-and-how-it-influenced-his-work-7/ I know he had a very tragic life, from the beginning, when his dad left his mom, when she was pregnant with him, and later she dies when poe was really young. And then his marriage to his 13 year old cousin, when he was 26. His, alcoholism, gambling, and later dieing at only at the age of 40.
All of them has a noted influence in his works, but I cant seem to grasp it well..

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/can-you-please-tell-me-about-edgar-allan-poes-life-and-how-it-influenced-his-work-7/feed/ 1 Anyone have experience with alcoholism? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/anyone-have-experience-with-alcoholism/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/anyone-have-experience-with-alcoholism/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:25:07 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/anyone-have-experience-with-alcoholism/ My 66 year old father recently moved to my state to be closer to my daughter since he missed out on the first 7 years of her life. So he has been staying at my place and my brother’s place – going back and forth. My brother and I have discovered he has a drinking problem. Hiding alcohol, sneaking it…all that. I told him I cannot have that in our home. He spends a lot of time with her and she loves him very much. Am I justified in refusing to let hm stay here as long as he is drinking? He is totally in denial and says he doesn’t have a problem.

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/anyone-have-experience-with-alcoholism/feed/ 11 my boyfriend’s mum is an alcoholic and his step dad has schizophrenia how can i help him deal with his past? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-boyfriends-mum-is-an-alcoholic-and-his-step-dad-has-schizophrenia-how-can-i-help-him-deal-with-his-past/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-boyfriends-mum-is-an-alcoholic-and-his-step-dad-has-schizophrenia-how-can-i-help-him-deal-with-his-past/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:21:08 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-boyfriends-mum-is-an-alcoholic-and-his-step-dad-has-schizophrenia-how-can-i-help-him-deal-with-his-past/

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-boyfriends-mum-is-an-alcoholic-and-his-step-dad-has-schizophrenia-how-can-i-help-him-deal-with-his-past/feed/ 2 what happens to a 17 year old who received a dui.in arizona? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-happens-to-a-17-year-old-who-received-a-dui-in-arizona/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-happens-to-a-17-year-old-who-received-a-dui-in-arizona/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:25:29 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-happens-to-a-17-year-old-who-received-a-dui-in-arizona/ went to the police station. blew a couple tests and they kept messing up then she was asking for her dad or a lawyer to be there for the blood test and they wouldnt let. but still took blood

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-happens-to-a-17-year-old-who-received-a-dui-in-arizona/feed/ 2 Where should I go with my life? Lost, depressed, confused…? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/where-should-i-go-with-my-life-lost-depressed-confused/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/where-should-i-go-with-my-life-lost-depressed-confused/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:24:49 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/where-should-i-go-with-my-life-lost-depressed-confused/ I am in quite a predicament in my life. This may be long and detailed but I believe it is necessay to understand where I am coming from. I am a 24 year old man. I am quite educated. Working towards my masters degree. I am currently in a highly depressed state due to the trauma surrounding my life.
When I was 16 years old, I dated a woman for 5 years in which was a very mentally traumatic relationship. I did not know any better, nor did she. We thought we had reached “love.” Looking back at it now we were more along the lines of two young adults growing old together and at the same time growing apart. I grew greatly depressed within the relationship which provokes a lot of anxiety as well. After we split, I felt a sense of emptiness combined with freedom that led me to the next stage of partying. I have been binge drinking weekly ever since, but right after the breakup I spent 3 months straight of my life being intoxicated. Every night I would be inebriated. I would drink to forget everything. I repressed my feelings. It was painful and still is to this day.
After recovering from that relationship, I became quite the “player.” I have always been a sociable and likable guy. I pulled myself together and got back in order. I was focusing on launching my company, establishing myself, and working on myself.
In between, I dated a few women which I did not see anything particularly special.

A few months back, I met a beautifully minded woman with aspirations and a well crafted mind. We hit it off and became closer. She was a bit older than me but I did not consider it to be a problem. It came to an end after an argument we had about a miscommunication. I had such a solid identity before I met her. We grew together and our ideals prospered in unison. I was so very into her.

I was undergoing therapy for my emotional stability. Also, I have been put on a moderate dose of Xanax to alleviate my feelings. It makes the sadness fade away, but the scars are so deeply set into my mind that all looks bleak.

I called a week after my first therapy session (about 6 weeks ago) we had a short chat, keep in touch, that kinda stuff. Then, I called her the following week and she did not call back. I then tried a week and a half later, and there was no response.

I am usually as strong as a rock, but this mental trip has pushed me into a corner in which I cannot see clearly out.

My father and other relative is also fighting cancer and I cannot remain stable. My music helps me, but in session, I find myself revamping the memories. I find myself in a pit.

I often question the dynamics of relationships and what their true meaning is. I don’t know where to go from here. I don’t know why such evil and horrid actions prevail in life.

If there is any insight anyone can give me pertaining to the situation I will forever be your friend now and in whatever afterlife might happen.

I miss her so badly. I want to tell her. I want my father to be better. I want to be strong again.

Love to anyone that can help me. I’m on my last string.

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/where-should-i-go-with-my-life-lost-depressed-confused/feed/ 1 I get angry at the smallest things and go insane, what’s wrong with me? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-get-angry-at-the-smallest-things-and-go-insane-whats-wrong-with-me-4/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-get-angry-at-the-smallest-things-and-go-insane-whats-wrong-with-me-4/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:24:48 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-get-angry-at-the-smallest-things-and-go-insane-whats-wrong-with-me-4/ lately i’ve noticed violent mood swings. actually…. for the past 8 years of my life i’ve been slowly going insane. in middle school i was very violent towards myself, often depressed and i binge ate. I became angry all the time and would go back and forth from happy to angry. ever since my step dad showed up i’ve felt nothing but fury and hate towards him, any sign of getting along is very very rare. it tore my family apart, and i never see my dad any more. my emotions seems entirely out of control. the weird thing is that it doesn’t affect my school life at all, or not that i can notice anyway. i function like i always have in school and no one outside my immediate family has any idea of the emotional trauma thats been going on. i don’t know what to do, i feel like a victim of my own mind. the smallest things my mom does will set me off the wall. my step dad just sneezed into the remote control and i just lashed out and went insane. it seems to be i support all of my arguments with facts alone and ask why this is going on and all my mom does is yell at me to ‘stop’. i want answers and she goes crazy and yells to get me out of there. but the thing is, all of my purely rational arguments have been fueled by uncontrollable rage. they have been for years and i want to fix this and fix this now. i feel like when i have a family when im older i will turn a completely functional family into a dysfunctional one just like mine. i live in my own little world, but i know family is important to some people. like my boyfriend, he is very close to his parents and it is so sweet. i just find that strange to see, but i love my dad and i miss him like crazy. i only see him a few times a month. i feel completely out of control with my emotions at home… i feel like my mind is caving in on itself and tearing itself apart piece by piece. my psychotic home life and my social life has always been completely separate and im afraid they’re beginning to merge. i need to stop this fusion and either fix this emotional thing i have with them or learn to keep them separate. im desperate for help here….. idk what to do
i was looking over the symptoms of bipolar disorder and it was scaring me, because i have experienced most of the symptoms. just never extreme depression…. but i’d get so overly hyperactive and overly happy and full of energy and creativity on almost no sleep. i feel like my heart will fall out of my chest from how hyperactive i feel, its certainly not natural. the only thing is, how is it that i have always maintained perfect control over my emotions, and never gone crazy around people i don’t want to see me like that? none of my friends have ever seen me go insane… only my mom and step dad. this is where that theory falters. i show all the symptoms… but they are under control when i want them to be. yes i get crazily irritated but i never say anything if someone is annoying me at school, but i go nuts at home. im confused
another thought: i actually realize now that with my friends, they’ve seen the absolute mania of it. they assume im hyper but i really cannot control the optimism and insanity that i feel. i usually never feel depression though, only mania and uncontrollable rage
and since no one except my parents see me in one of the negative moods, there is no way anyone who knows me would believe that happens. no on sees me after i get home…

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-get-angry-at-the-smallest-things-and-go-insane-whats-wrong-with-me-4/feed/ 2 My dad’s an alcoholic. What should i do? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-dads-an-alcoholic-what-should-i-do-3/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-dads-an-alcoholic-what-should-i-do-3/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:20:24 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-dads-an-alcoholic-what-should-i-do-3/ My dad’s been drinking for years and my mom’s tried everything to make him stop. She tells him, but he doesn’t listen, she throws away the booze, but he just buys more, she’s even talked to his siblings and mother and they don’t even believe her.
i feel like i need to step in to help him.
maybe he’ll listen to me
but i’m scared and don’t know what to do.

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-dads-an-alcoholic-what-should-i-do-3/feed/ 6 I have raised me son from birth on my own and now his father wants joint custody. He wasn’t around for my http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-have-raised-me-son-from-birth-on-my-own-and-now-his-father-wants-joint-custody-he-wasnt-around-for-my-2/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-have-raised-me-son-from-birth-on-my-own-and-now-his-father-wants-joint-custody-he-wasnt-around-for-my-2/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:26:44 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-have-raised-me-son-from-birth-on-my-own-and-now-his-father-wants-joint-custody-he-wasnt-around-for-my-2/ pregnancy or the first year of my son’s life. His past included drugs, he served time in jail for a DUI. He say’s he’s been clean for almost a year but I don’t trust him to be alone with my son. Will he get joint custody?

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-have-raised-me-son-from-birth-on-my-own-and-now-his-father-wants-joint-custody-he-wasnt-around-for-my-2/feed/ 9 Taking someone else’s minor to an alcoholics anonymous meeting. Is this legal in the state of Ohio? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/taking-someone-elses-minor-to-an-alcoholics-anonymous-meeting-is-this-legal-in-the-state-of-ohio-2/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/taking-someone-elses-minor-to-an-alcoholics-anonymous-meeting-is-this-legal-in-the-state-of-ohio-2/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:25:14 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/taking-someone-elses-minor-to-an-alcoholics-anonymous-meeting-is-this-legal-in-the-state-of-ohio-2/ I have a very controlling mother who has had a lifelong agenda of finding fault with me as a son and a single father of 12+ years now. Most recently I discovered that my mother had taken my 12 year old daughter to AA meetings, because “she needed to accept the fact that her father is an alcoholic”. I am not, nor ever been, and my daughter was taken to several of these meetings w/out my knowledge or permission. Is this legal to do w/out obtaining consent?

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/taking-someone-elses-minor-to-an-alcoholics-anonymous-meeting-is-this-legal-in-the-state-of-ohio-2/feed/ 8 My abusive alcoholic father is different and it’s scaring me? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-abusive-alcoholic-father-is-different-and-its-scaring-me-4/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-abusive-alcoholic-father-is-different-and-its-scaring-me-4/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:25:10 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-abusive-alcoholic-father-is-different-and-its-scaring-me-4/ my father was a serious alcoholic and everytime he would drink (wich was all the time) he would .. beat the crap out of me… alot… he’s been doing this ever since i was 5 years old and im 17 now. but lately (last week) he just all of a sudden stopped drinking and he’s been being so fatherly too me it’s scareing me… i mention to him that he abused me for a long time and he was surprized like he never knew. he’s mopey too (thats not a word i think) and i think he’s dieing. idk wut to do around him anymore…

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-abusive-alcoholic-father-is-different-and-its-scaring-me-4/feed/ 5 Can you please tell me about Edgar Allan Poe’s life, and How it influenced his work? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/can-you-please-tell-me-about-edgar-allan-poes-life-and-how-it-influenced-his-work-6/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/can-you-please-tell-me-about-edgar-allan-poes-life-and-how-it-influenced-his-work-6/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:25:52 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/can-you-please-tell-me-about-edgar-allan-poes-life-and-how-it-influenced-his-work-6/ I know he had a very tragic life, from the beginning, when his dad left his mom, when she was pregnant with him, and later she dies when poe was really young. And then his marriage to his 13 year old cousin, when he was 26. His, alcoholism, gambling, and later dieing at only at the age of 40.
All of them has a noted influence in his works, but I cant seem to grasp it well..

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/can-you-please-tell-me-about-edgar-allan-poes-life-and-how-it-influenced-his-work-6/feed/ 0 What is the best way to find out if your daughter, 8 yrs. old is bipolar? My mother is bipolar? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-find-out-if-your-daughter-8-yrs-old-is-bipolar-my-mother-is-bipolar/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-find-out-if-your-daughter-8-yrs-old-is-bipolar-my-mother-is-bipolar/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:25:51 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-find-out-if-your-daughter-8-yrs-old-is-bipolar-my-mother-is-bipolar/ My daughter is at her wits ends with her oldest daughter. There is certainly something amiss with her., Since I am bipolar, and on her fathers side, there was a suicide and alcoholism. Her husb. won’t support her in her search for help with her daughter. So she is going to have her hands full.
She is hoping the school will help her get help for her daughter. I really don’t want to go into detail, but there are many symptoms of bipolar, a lot of bizzare behavior; the extreme mood changes; inability to focus; the concrete thinking; anger problems; extremem jealousy of her little sister; (which by the way is perfectly normal). It seems like she is being defiant with her Mom, but she can’t switch from one thought into another one, thus the frustration and the response of anger with her Mom. She doesn’t seem to have ADHD,however, it may be a secondary problem. Any suggestions would be most helpful for the mother. She hates and loves her all at the same time. There isn’t a lack of love.

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-is-the-best-way-to-find-out-if-your-daughter-8-yrs-old-is-bipolar-my-mother-is-bipolar/feed/ 8 I’m 24 and just started drinking, i snuck some of my dads liquor but didnt get drunk, am i an alcoholic? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/im-24-and-just-started-drinking-i-snuck-some-of-my-dads-liquor-but-didnt-get-drunk-am-i-an-alcoholic-2/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/im-24-and-just-started-drinking-i-snuck-some-of-my-dads-liquor-but-didnt-get-drunk-am-i-an-alcoholic-2/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:21:47 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/im-24-and-just-started-drinking-i-snuck-some-of-my-dads-liquor-but-didnt-get-drunk-am-i-an-alcoholic-2/ My kids were recently take from me and I dont know how to deal with the pain,so i started drinking, not to get drunk just so I wouldn’t have 2 feel the pain. I did it in secret now my dad thinks i’m an alcoholic, am I?

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/im-24-and-just-started-drinking-i-snuck-some-of-my-dads-liquor-but-didnt-get-drunk-am-i-an-alcoholic-2/feed/ 7 I am being charged with a DUI, i still have my license, can i drive? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-am-being-charged-with-a-dui-i-still-have-my-license-can-i-drive/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-am-being-charged-with-a-dui-i-still-have-my-license-can-i-drive/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:26:15 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-am-being-charged-with-a-dui-i-still-have-my-license-can-i-drive/ Hi, i was pulled over yesterday and am being charged of DUI marijunana, not alcohol, i didn’t blow or anything. The officer gave my license back to my dad(i am a minor) can i still drive, since i got my hard license back?
please have some sort of proof if possible

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/i-am-being-charged-with-a-dui-i-still-have-my-license-can-i-drive/feed/ 5 My abusive alcoholic father is different and it’s scaring me? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-abusive-alcoholic-father-is-different-and-its-scaring-me-3/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-abusive-alcoholic-father-is-different-and-its-scaring-me-3/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:26:45 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-abusive-alcoholic-father-is-different-and-its-scaring-me-3/ my father was a serious alcoholic and everytime he would drink (wich was all the time) he would .. beat the crap out of me… alot… he’s been doing this ever since i was 5 years old and im 17 now. but lately (last week) he just all of a sudden stopped drinking and he’s been being so fatherly too me it’s scareing me… i mention to him that he abused me for a long time and he was surprized like he never knew. he’s mopey too (thats not a word i think) and i think he’s dieing. idk wut to do around him anymore…

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/my-abusive-alcoholic-father-is-different-and-its-scaring-me-3/feed/ 0 I’m torn about what to do? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/im-torn-about-what-to-do-3/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/im-torn-about-what-to-do-3/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:26:41 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/im-torn-about-what-to-do-3/ My son’s Father left me when I was 4 months pregnant. What happened in short was, he reunited with his cousins, who are gangbangers and started smoking dope with them which caused him to ignore a lot of my calls and generally avoid me so I wouldn’t know. I wasn’t cool with being ignored when I was pregnant so I kinda went bonkers on him more than once and he ended up getting fed up with my angry voicemails and told me he was breaking up with me and was going on a dope binge and to wait because he’ll come around someday.

So, my son is 3 months old now. I haven’t seen his Father since I was 4 months pregnant, and haven’t talked to him since I was 5 months pregnant. He’s written me a few e-mails asking to see his son, but last I heard he was living out of a hotel with a prostitute, so I refused. I told him if he gets his life back together I’ll consider talking about it then, but not to bother calling before then because I’m not going to expose my son to that kind of environment. About a month ago he stopped writing e-mails.

So, I find out that he’s in jail now, and facing 2.5 – 6 years in prison. I understand how drugs can take over somebody’s life and cause them to make horrible choices concerning themselves and their loved ones, but I also know he chose to take that road knowing he had a son on the way. So, I feel pity for him, but no sympathy, if that makes sense.

He has never met or seen his son. His mom has shown him a picture or two at the most. I was considering taking my son to his sentencing so he could see him before he goes to prison for the next few years. I also considered just sending him pictures. Ive also considered doing neither like he doesn’t deserve it for choosing to be a dead beat dad.

Should I forgive him and let him see his son or send him pictures? Or should I say you reap what you sow, have a nice time in prison?

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/im-torn-about-what-to-do-3/feed/ 9 Do I have a drinking problem? Please no AA nuts. Just honest people in my age range 24-40.? http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/do-i-have-a-drinking-problem-please-no-aa-nuts-just-honest-people-in-my-age-range-24-40/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/do-i-have-a-drinking-problem-please-no-aa-nuts-just-honest-people-in-my-age-range-24-40/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:25:32 +0000 admin I am 31 and feel like such a loser. Well I just got a ticket for DUI, have not gone to court yet. I was out and knew I had too much. Called a designated driver to come and get me and decided to move my car to a safer spot while waiting. As I was backing in to my new space around the corner (and safer) from my old space I was pulled over because I had a light out in the back. So of course the officer asks me if have been drinking, its a Thursday night, in a bar district. The rest ensues from there. I go to court end of the month. But it has brought me to ask myself this. I honestly don’t think I am. Typically I have about a glass of wine two nights a week with dinner then if I go out on the weekend Ill have 2 or 3 throughout the night, I go out about one weekend a month. I don’t drink liquor just wine (just don’t like the taste liquor) Anyway after this I spent a week in bed, crying depressed and sad that this has happened. That night I did have 5 glasses of wine in a span of 4 hours or less and I was totally in the wrong. I have stopped drinking anything at all after it happened just to take a step back from things and kind of evaluate myself. But reading online all these surveys it doesn’t seem as if I have a problem- although some of them say if you get a DUI get yourself checked. I was not a party girl in college and rarely drank or got drunk. But its been a rough two years, my life is definitely not where I thought it would be, lost my Mom to pancreatic cancer in March 2009, then was laid off due to workforce reduction at my job in June this year. I don’t drink when I feel sad. But that night I apparently did. I take full responsibility for that night and will take the consequences like an adult, but I never want this to happen again. I have a great Dad who has been there for me and does not judge me and has been there for me more than I deserve I guess. I have a close circle of girlfriends who area all being supportive and tell me they don’t believe I have a problem at all. I guess I just want some feedback from some peers who don’t know me. Any feedback would be great thanks.
Thanks to for all of the answers thus far. In response to the one that stated, if I had to ask then … , I thought asking and thinking about would be an important step. Its the FIRST time in my life I have actually asked myself and it is because of the mistake I made. Also, I am adopted so it was just a horrific unfortunate tragedy that happened to my Mum.

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/do-i-have-a-drinking-problem-please-no-aa-nuts-just-honest-people-in-my-age-range-24-40/feed/ 0 Is my Dad an alcoholic? He drinks at least 8 wine bottles a week, but he’s been functioning normally for 2 yrs http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/is-my-dad-an-alcoholic-he-drinks-at-least-8-wine-bottles-a-week-but-hes-been-functioning-normally-for-2-yrs-2/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/is-my-dad-an-alcoholic-he-drinks-at-least-8-wine-bottles-a-week-but-hes-been-functioning-normally-for-2-yrs-2/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:20:21 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/is-my-dad-an-alcoholic-he-drinks-at-least-8-wine-bottles-a-week-but-hes-been-functioning-normally-for-2-yrs-2/ My Father works in a highly respected, well-paying field. We live in a nice neighborhood, he paid my brother and I’s full tuition PLUS room and board in college.

Yet, whenever I pull up in the driveway and past the recycling bin, it’s always full of empty wine and beer bottles. One day I decided to be nosy and count them and there were at least eight (probably more, but I just looked at what was on top)

Whenever he’s not at work or doing something with Mom, he’s drinking.

He’s been like this for at least two years, yet he manages to go to work everyday and support my family. So that means its not a problem yet?

Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/is-my-dad-an-alcoholic-he-drinks-at-least-8-wine-bottles-a-week-but-hes-been-functioning-normally-for-2-yrs-2/feed/ 5 what do i do my dad is an alcoholic? I can’t go anywhere anymore because I always fear what will happen …. http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-do-i-do-my-dad-is-an-alcoholic-i-cant-go-anywhere-anymore-because-i-always-fear-what-will-happen-4/ http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-do-i-do-my-dad-is-an-alcoholic-i-cant-go-anywhere-anymore-because-i-always-fear-what-will-happen-4/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:20:28 +0000 admin http://www.howdoigetmydadoffdrugs.com/what-do-i-do-my-dad-is-an-alcoholic-i-cant-go-anywhere-anymore-because-i-always-fear-what-will-happen-4/ if im not there, so im always affraid
I am 21 years old now and his alcoholism is affecting our family. I am a third year college student and im also prelaw. I love school, howver find it very hard to concentrate when all i can think about is that at home he might be drunk again.

When he used to drink and get upset he got violent with my mom a couple of times, and the next day didn’t remember a thing, well that is all behind us now and he swears up and down that he is done drinking for good. this last about 3 weeks at the most, and then its back again. Im always walking on eggshells to make sure that they don’t fight, to consol my mom and to make sure he’s not angered because I knwo what that leads to.

Im writing this with tears in my eyes because i simply don’t know that to do anymore, I want him to stop but am afraid to even bring it up when he is sober because I don’t know what he will act like. I sit at school with fear that at home they will fight or that he will drink.
i have a boyfrind who i have been with for almost 3 years and this is also affecting our relationship as all i do is worry about my parents. im also an only child.

If anyone has gond througth this or has any advice please help i really dont know what to do anymore.
thanks for all the answers so far. the thing is they have been married for 30 yrs and he is a really good guy, he isn’t a bad guy, just when he drinks i can’t stand it anymore. and he doens’t attack my mom like some of you said that he could kill of hurt someone bad, its not like that, and it happened like 2 times his whole life, when he was drunk that is way in the past, i just want him to stop drinking, becaus when he is sober he is a decent guy, i just dont know how to say hey dad we need to go to AA meeting im scared of his reaction. and not in a violent way just scared

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My mom and dad have been married for about 20 years. My mom’s a very loving person, while my dad has a mean streak to him (but he provides for his family well and is a decent person). My dad got a DUI a few months ago and now his license is suspended until April. My mom has to drive him everywhere. My dad is pretty mean to my mom, but today, she came home crying, and I asked why. She said that for the past few weeks my dad has saying that he “hates her.” I mean, what the fuck, dad? What should I do?
I’m 15, and I’ll be having a talk with my dad tonight. Thanks for your answers.

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