Love is no Cure for Alcoholism

Hat Tip TDA reader Screedler who suggested this after the post Famous Al-Anon’er: William Shatner

William Shatner’s wife, Nerine, died in 1999 after passing out and drowning from a mixture of alcohol and valium. Shatner came home to find her at the bottom of their backyard swimming pool. It was the sad end to a decade of struggle that he had willingly entered into after marrying a known alcoholic who he hoped "would give up alcohol for me."

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Just as Tina found out with Ike when it comes to alcoholism, what's love got to do with it? It’s tough to not wince when husbands, wives, and parents who have loved ones suffering from alcoholism speak and act as if they care enough, things will change. Of course things do change and for the most part they change for the worse.

But it is not a totally bleak picture, there are success stories. I know that without the unremitted love my family offered, without the unconditional acceptance back into the fold that my recovery would have been that much more difficult… if not impossible. Their love did absolutely nothing but produce pain and suffering for all involved when I was drinking, but it was my salvation when I stopped.

Never give up, it can get better.