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I watched my father drink himself into a stranger for twenty years, swore I'd never become him, then one Tuesday night caught my reflection in the kitchen window pouring wine at the exact hour he always did. No one had ever explained why I couldn't stop. "It's a choice," said the first therapist. "You need meetings," said the second. "We can try naltrexone," said the third. "Has anyone looked at y

I'm 42. I counted last night. That was glass number 1,947 since my youngest was born. I know the exact number because two weeks ago I found out why it keeps getting worse, and I've been counting backwards ever since. My father drank for thirty years. I spent my twenties telling myself I was different because I only drank on weekends. My thirties telling myself I was different because I never drank

If your wife is drinking every day and can't stop no matter how hard she tries, hiding bottles around the house, white-knuckling sobriety until she relapses again, waking up with cravings before her feet even hit the floor, going through every treatment program the system throws at her and getting worse — and her addiction specialist just keeps telling you "commit to the program, give it time, thi

If your husband can't stop drinking no matter how hard he tries, here are three reasons why. 1. Cold turkey He stops. Really stops. Three days later he's back. Everyone calls it a relapse. A willpower problem. But stopping alcohol doesn't repair what the alcohol destroyed. The moment it's gone, that grey crushing flatness comes in and makes every sober hour feel like punishment. No joy. No motivat

If your husband is drinking every day and can't stop no matter how hard he tries, hiding bottles around the house, white-knuckling sobriety until he relapses again, waking up with cravings before his feet even hit the floor, going through every treatment program the system throws at him and getting worse — and his addiction specialist just keeps telling you "commit to the program, give it time, th

If your husband is drinking every day and can't stop no matter how hard he tries, hiding bottles around the house, white-knuckling sobriety until he relapses again, waking up with cravings before his feet even hit the floor, going through every treatment program the system throws at him and getting worse — and his addiction specialist just keeps telling you "commit to the program, give it time, th

If your husband is drinking every day and can't stop no matter how hard he tries, hiding bottles around the house, white-knuckling sobriety until he relapses again, waking up with cravings before his feet even hit the floor, going through every treatment program the system throws at him and getting worse — and his addiction specialist just keeps telling you "commit to the program, give it time, th

If your husband is drinking every day and can't stop no matter how hard he tries, hiding bottles around the house, white-knuckling sobriety until he relapses again, waking up with cravings before his feet even hit the floor, going through every treatment program the system throws at him and getting worse — and his addiction specialist just keeps telling you "commit to the program, give it time, th