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Support
10 Things to
Stop Doing
Blaming Yourself
Taking it Personally
Trying to Control It
Trying to Cure It
Covering it Up
Accepting Unacceptable Behavior
Having Unreasonable Expectations
Living in the Past
Enabling
Have you ever?
Lied to cover up
Avoided talking about it out of fear of the response
Tried drinking with the alcoholic to strengthen your relationship
Given 'one last chance'
Threatened to leave and then did not leave
Finished a task the alcoholic failed to complete
Avoided the full consequences of their actions
Made excuses
Putting Off Getting Help
Detachment
Letting Go of Someone Else's Alcohol Problem
Neither Kind Nor Unkind
Why Heavy Drinkers
Decide to Change
What Gets In the Way
Roles
Stress from job/Parenthood
Hard to avoid alcohol.
Comparison with other drinkers
Believing you drink a normal amount because it is similar to others
Positive view of others who drink
Seeing other people’s drinking as more problematic than your own
Judgements about drinking
Justifying your own drinking
Advice to change
Unsolicited / unwelcome advice.
Advice from non-professionals.
Health
Misguided belief that alcohol is good for you
Health advice is given by professionals who don’t seem to be healthy themselves
Not taken seriously (until it's too late)
Body Weight
Alcohol used as a food substitute while trying to lose weight
Myths also perpetuate the idea of alcohol as being beneficial to health.
What It Takes to Make a Change
Money
Time off work
The expense of drinking
Judgements about drinking
Judging their own drinking behaviour
The fear of judgements of others
Comparison with
other drinkers
Noticing that they drink more than their friends and family members
A new role
Parenthood
New job
Health
Severe health problems
Side effects
Bloodshot eyes
Hangovers
Body Weight
High calorific content alcoholic drinks
Snacking while drinking
Advice
Profressional
Ex-drinkers