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Drinking over 15 beers a day

092063

My husband drinks four 30-packs of beer a week. He is now getting very verbally abusive he has bern drinking like that for the last 3 yea...

4 answers | 3 comments

Is my wife an alcoholic

newbbie

I am new to this discussion forum. I am trying to find out if my wife is an alchoholic or not. Just yesterday I mentioned to her that s...

18 answers | 5 comments

Sweet smelling breath

April2

I've got probably a dumb and rather obvious question. My husband has had a problem with alcohol since before we married. He did quit for ...

21 answers | 1 comment

Drinking 15 beers or more every night, does it qualify as an alcoholic?

Anadema

Thank you.

1 answer | 2 comments

Happy CL anniversary to DominoSarah!

Emily_MHManager

Please take a moment to reach out to DominoSarah, and give a shout out for how much you appreciate her! She has been a Community Leader...

Looking for people in the same boat

Carm810

I posted here over 2 years ago. Isn’t That sad so much time has passed? Somehow things have gotten way worse. My spouse lost his job in...

1 answer | 4 comments

How can I convince my brother to quit drinking alcohol and smoke weed?

bee6517

All of this has started a few months ago. I raised him avoiding to have a bad influence or a badly behaviour and stay with people who doe...

5 answers | 2 comments

alcohol in breast milk a problem to baby's liver?

gazoo

my daughter drinks heavily (at least a 6 pack nightly) and nurses her baby, now he is a toddler of 2 yrs old and is still nursing. he ha...

27 answers | 1 comment

Feeling lost in my struggle to help my wife stop drinking..?

Sleeponit

We were both parties back in the day, I'm 36 now. We drank smoked weed every weekend, but we had our first child and we stopped, besides ...

2 answers | 2 comments

12-18 beers every night

Michelle0120

So, I'm new here and don't know much about alcoholism except that I'm worried that my husband is going to get sick someday from his drink...

6 answers | 3 comments

How do I not feel guilty about my alcoholic partner's problems?

Sandorah

I have been with my partner for nearly 4 years and over that time his drinking has gotten worse. My question is, how do I deal with his ...

3 answers | 1 comment

Married to a bipolar/alcoholic husband 10 years 7 Children

Heal7

I’ve been married for 10 years in about 10 days is our anniversary. My husband has struggled with alcoholism our entire marriage. I didn’...

3 answers | 1 comment

Congratulations to your Community Leader- dominosarah!

MHCommunityManager

Happy anniversary to dominosarah- your Community Leader! Please take a moment to reach out to dominosarah, and give a shout out for how ...

3 answers

My husband is an alcoholic

Mizzbub

My husband is an alcoholic My husband is 34 yrs old and hes been drinking most of his life,3 yrs ago he went to the ER they told him i...

3 answers | 1 comment

I think my boyfriend has a drinking problem

kittykat444

Hi there, I'm concerned my boyfriend has a drinking problem. Here is the situation: Pretty much every time he drinks he has way to...

4 answers | 1 comment

I need help figuring out whats wrong with my father.

AshMarie8087

I'm almost 30 and my father has been an alcoholic for as long as I can remember. He has gotten these sores all over his body and also ha...

2 answers

My dad is an alcoholic and my mum has now divorced him

Laurenstarx

My dad is an alcoholic and has been ever since I can remember, Me being 19 now. It got serious two years ago when he was admitted to hos...

4 answers | 4 comments

my husband is an alcoholic

crystaljoyb

My husband has been struggling with alcoholism for many many years. He has told me he wants to quit, and he tries, but after a week he al...

2 answers

Concerns about partners alcohol intake

Williams78

In peoples opinion, is 5 bottles of red wine over 4 evenings too much? I'm no drinker, and usually my partner drinks 4 on their own over ...

2 answers

Excessive drinking?

daxxgottin

So I don't know much about this stuff coz i don't personally drink at all. My partner has said he used to abuse alcohol in the past. Wh...

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