Encouragement for Alcoholics and Loved Ones!

How To Talk To Your Alcoholic Husband About Sexual Intimacy

2011-04-05T13:50:00.000-04:00

Are you married to an alcoholic and feel taken advantage of in the bedroom? Some wives are letting us know they are offended and disgusted by their sloppy drunk husband during sexual intimacy. Many wives do not want to divorce their husbands but rather want to work on healthy detachment instead. So if you are trying to detach but need to talk to your husband about this important issue then read

Married to an Alcoholic: Invasion of the Body Snatchers!

2011-03-10T13:28:00.002-05:00

How Do I Detach From an Alcoholic Spouse?

2011-01-24T14:38:00.002-05:00

Order all 4 ebooks for one great price Here: How Do I Detach From an Alcoholic Spouse We have included in How to Detach From an Alcoholic Spouse tips on helping the alcoholic to sobriety and more ways to cope when married to and living with an alcoholic, plus, how to set boundaries that give you back your life. How Do I Detach From an Alcoholic Spouse is packed full of excellent information that

Alcoholism: Love the Person, Hate the Alcoholism or Disease

2011-01-18T18:03:00.001-05:00

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How to Talk Your Spouse About His or Her Drinking Problem

2010-12-29T13:51:00.001-05:00

How to Talk to Your Spouse About His or Her Drinking Problem What do you say when you talk to your spouse about their drinking? Do you lecture them about their drinking? Do you threaten them with divorce if they don’t stop drinking? Do you call them names and accuse them of wrongdoing? This is our emotions talking for us. Spouses of alcoholics are usually emotionally distraught over the

Learn to Detach from an Alcoholic Spouse Today!

2010-12-21T12:34:00.002-05:00

Don't let being married to an alcoholic steal another minute of your day! Read more about How to Detach from an Alcoholic Spouse here

How to Find Peace Living with an Alcoholic: Ultimatums Don't Work!

2010-12-09T11:49:00.001-05:00

Don't waste another minute of your day handing out ultimatums to the alcoholic in your life. Learn to Detach From the Alcoholic You Are Married to. What's Inside this Ebook *Stop Trying to Fix the Alcoholic *Detach With Love; Never in Anger *What to do When The Alcoholic Gets Abusive *Don’t Let the Alcoholic Manipulate You! *Setting Personal Boundaries to Define Your Space *Encourage the

Stop Taking Responsibility For The Alcoholic!

2010-11-30T13:21:00.000-05:00

Angie’s Marriage Column ~ September 22, 2010: What can a wife do when her alcoholic husband stays out drinking all weekend?

2010-10-11T11:46:00.000-04:00

Ask Angie: Dear Angie. What do I do when my husband sleeps out drinking every weekend this has been going on for 17 years and I am tired of this. He gives no explanations. Ask Angie: I am in stressed. My husband sleeps out every weekend for the past 6 months. I know about submission, which I still, do all the duties a wife should do. I keep still waiting patiently for God to do the work in my

Can Addicts Cure Themselves Without God?

2010-09-27T15:30:00.001-04:00

Can addicts cure themselves? Absolutely not! If we believe that we are a part of God and He made us in His image, than how can we step outside of this belief and be healed by some other source. Only those people who really do not have faith and trust in God would take such a stance. I was on an addiction forum on Amazon the other day and someone asked if addicts can get sober without God. The

How You Can Get Sober and Stay Sober For Good

2010-09-20T14:40:00.002-04:00

Have you ever tried to quit drinking only to go back to it again and again? When you get sober are you getting sober for you or for someone else? It is my firm belief that the alcoholic must “want” to stop drinking and get their life back together for themselves BEFORE true sobriety will ever happen. When we are not convicted in our heart and mind to give up the addiction for ourselves we will

Angie's Marriage Column - Angry Because of Husband's Addiction

2010-08-31T12:45:00.001-04:00

Question: When standing for our spouses through addictions I feel like I am enabling him and I feel myself angry. He is not a Christian and was seeking God until I came back after separation and he went back to old ways. As I walk with Christ I do not know what direction to go according to Gods word. Guidance: Feelings of resentment and anger are natural to have when living with someone who has

Questions from Readers about Living with an Alcoholic Spouse

2010-06-08T14:49:00.000-04:00

5 Ways to Stop Feeling Resentful While Living with an Alcoholic Spouse

2010-05-24T15:04:00.001-04:00

Most spouses and loved ones of addicts, that have not helped themselves, do feel resentment and anger. They feel resentful for taking care of the alcoholic. They feel resentful for taking the brunt of the abusive behaviors that come with addiction. They feel resentful because they are spending their days worrying about the alcoholic. Understand that you are not alone. When you learn to detach

How Do I Love My Alcoholic Spouse?

2009-08-22T16:12:00.000-04:00

The best way to love an alcoholic spouse or loved one is with detachment towards the behaviors of the disease. Let the alcoholic know that you do love them but it is the addiction you hate. And because you hate the addiction so much you are unable to be around them when they drink. Become knowledgeable about alcoholism so you can better understand its cunning and baffling ways. Separate The

The Connection Between Sugar, Self Esteem, And Emotional Issues

2009-06-23T14:21:00.001-04:00

Is there a link between sugar and self esteem? Traditional doctors may not have discovered how eating refined sugar influences our emotions and the way we feel about ourselves, but it does. When I was in my twenties and thirties I experienced it over, and over, and over again. And I have seen it over and over and over again with young Hollywood celebrities and other young people. There is a

Alcoholism: Working the 12-Steps

2009-03-13T13:54:00.000-04:00

Alcoholism is a pervasive intruder in the lives of millions of people, either directly or indirectly. It is safely assumed that you know someone with a drinking problem. Denial Is The Greatest Roadblock Towards RecoveryDenial prevents recovery and is the greatest roadblock towards sobriety. Coming out from denial can take years, or maybe never. Denial keeps the alcoholic, and those who love an

How Alcoholism and Hypoglycemia Controls Body, Mind, and Spirit

2009-02-27T14:30:00.001-05:00

Do you love an alcoholic? How can you live with an alcoholic and love them at the same time? Very carefully. It’s true, it is very difficult to live with an alcoholic, but people do it all the time. Alcohol controls the mind and spirit of a person, so in affect as long as the alcoholic is drinking you will not get much love in return. Being married to an

Seven Principles For An Addictive Free Life

2008-06-24T12:15:00.000-04:00

1. Bring Past Out Into The Open Talk about your past with your counselors or trusted friends. The goal is to rid your past from your spiritual bank by forgiving all the people you need to forgive. It is also important to forgive yourself! If you have a difficult time forgiving, express yourself on paper and then mail it to them. Give up your past by

Panic Attacks and Addiction

2008-06-05T12:33:00.001-04:00

Have you ever felt panicky and afraid? Your breathing becomes erratic and your heart beats in flutters and moves about wildly in your chest. It feels like you might be having a heart attack. It's probably not a heart attack, but a panic attack. You can tell the difference. During a real heart attack, the primary symptom is a crushing sensation inside the chest that causes a person to double up

7 Tips For Staying Clean and Sober

2008-06-01T17:56:00.005-04:00

Be Around Positive People Try and find positive, happy people that know what you are going through, preferably who have been down the same road as you and are now sober and ready to support and encourage you in your sobriety. Try not to be alone too often, unless you are having quiet meditation and need the alone time. Happy people bring happiness

Alcohol and the Bible: New Expanded Version

2008-05-27T14:08:00.000-04:00

Alcohol and the Bible: New Expanded Version "The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. Itpromises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sendsmisery.... It is God's worst enemy and the devil's best friend."-Billy Sunday ¹ When I was sixteen years old, I received the tragic news that a certainmember of my family, to whom I was very close, was dying

Addiction, Emotions and Our Health

2008-05-23T14:42:00.001-04:00

As many of us know all too well, there are many deep-seated emotions that affect us daily – some of these emotions such as depression, anxiety, panic and fear can literally take over our whole existence and because of that we feel the need to subdue these negative feelings with the drug of choice so we don’t have to feel. So then knowing this, is

What Happens If I Relapse?

2008-05-23T14:14:00.000-04:00

You have not failed because you relapse. You are normal because you relapse. We all have relapsed when trying to find our way out of the alcohol and drug trap. Never allow a relapse to discourage you from coming to sobriety. As a matter of fact, when we succumb to our addictions we can actually learn from them. Most of us fall back on our addictions for many reasons and here are three of those