Lucy Hamilton
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Oh definitely, the person with the obsession or addiction most of the time will vehemently deny they have a problem. I feel for the husband, it would take something drastic for him to get his wife to recognize how bad things are.bump: See new linkIs his wife at least hot?
She and he are older than we are, I saw a picture when she was younger and she was okay but now she's all facially bloated, oh I forgot we think she has a drinking problem, this because on more than one occasion Mr. Lucy and me have watched her down two bottles of wine to herself in ONE sitting. The last time was a few weeks ago when it was their daughter's 19th birthday and they had a party in the garden. Oh yes a party that got out of hand after Mr. Lucy and me went home and at approx 2AM the police had to go to their house because of the MASSIVE noise level. I only found this out on the Monday when I got into my Office and was looking at recent Reports and I saw a Report on THEM and was like WTF?!
The alcohol is the problem here. She needs treatment.
Yes we better not go there, as she does not recognise she has a problem if this is suggested this would cause not a good situation.
When I was drinking my wife was a patient angel for 40 years. The last 4 or 5 years she went to Al Anon and our relationship was greatly improved. at age 55 I volunteered to go to an alcohol rehab center for a month and I have been sober for 26 years. You might suggest Al Anon to him. It's a program for spouses and families of alcoholics. It's free and worldwide. It teaches them how to cope and how to subtly help the alcoholic recover.
Al-Anon Family Groups
Al-Anon members are people, just like you, who are worried about someone with a drinking problem.al-anon.org
Al-Anon Family Groups
Al-Anon members are people, just like you, who are worried about someone with a drinking problem.al-anon.org
I have a vision in my head from years ago, this was when Papa confronted a friend of his who was an Alcoholic and he went MEGA BATSHIT and literally had to be restrained because if not he was going to punch Papa for saying he was an Alcoholic and needed help.
Yes not sure what that drastic thing would be though.
She also has OCD not the washing hands every five minute thing but cleaning the ENTIRE house thing, I just remembered this, one time I went round there to drop the spare set of keys to one of my apartments off and our friend was standing outside his house and said we couldn't go in because she was cleaning the house AGAIN and he said it was her OCD and I was thinking WTF?!