Photo by Wil Stewart on Unsplash When people encounter trouble, family is the first to offer their shoulders for one to cry on, their hands to pull themselves up. But is there a point when love is detrimental? A family’s love is unmatched. It’s among those connections people have that can move mountains and build…
Category: Alcoholism
Strange Bedfellows: Dealing with an Alcoholic Partner
Photo by Yaroslav Shuraev Margaret Moschak is the wife of an alcoholic husband, and her writing My Alcoholic, My Love is a powerful statement of living beyond abusive and alcoholic partners. If you’re the wife of an alcoholic husband or have been a partner of an alcoholic, you will agree that life with an alcoholic partner is a great…
Dysfunctional Roles People Take To Cope With Addiction
Photo by cottonbro studio Substance dependency doesn’t only affect the person drinking. It’s a destructive condition that changes people’s lives, making them participate in dysfunctional roles to salvage whatever connection’s left in their families. Too much of everything is terrible. Too much exposure to a specific substance can have debilitating effects on people’s bodies or…
Quitting Alcohol for a Month: How Our Bodies Are Affected
Photo by Iyashenko Cutting out alcohol for 30 days is something that your body will thank you for. Author of the book My Alcoholic My Love: My Love and Loss of an Alcoholic Husband, Margaret Moschak, knows how difficult it is to live with an alcoholic husband. She is aware of how tumultuous and abusive the relationship…
Dealing With An Alcoholic: 5 Tips To Cope
Photo by RODNAE Productions Dealing with a loved one with an apparent alcohol problem may be tricky, but doing so can prove impactful and rewarding for your relationship with your loved one. Alcoholism is perhaps the most common form of drug abuse in North America today. Scientists report that the reason alcohol is so popular…
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