I will be posting some of the e-mail from the mailbag occasionally that I feel can be useful to others. Taking notice of the new button in the right column, I invite you to push it if you would like to share a story, seek an experienced viewpoint or just plain rant… please, go ahead and ask the alcoholic.
Dear TDA-
I have been the girlfriend of an alcoholic/addict for almost 7 years now, and I am struggling with the believability of his latest ("Latest" I say. Already that doesn't bode well, does it?) Foray into sobriety.
What did it take for you to convince your people that you had really and finally turned over a new leaf? Thank you in advance for any insight you can give me. Also, thanks for this website; you give me hope that people CAN overcome this nightmare.
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The names, places, and circumstances may vary, but you can be rest assured that most alcoholics and addicts follow a very predictable path. The same rationalizations, secrecy, prevarications and red herrings are used by gutter drunks to Boston bluebloods as if they were all using the same playbook; I call it 