There’s usually a lot to unpack in a product label. Sometimes, such as when the product is a drug or supplement, there isn’t enough room on the label to list all the side effects and interactions so it spills over into a little pamphlet with tiny writing that you have to magnify to understand. Alcohol,…
Category: Alcohol: Impact on Family
This is my story of how alcohol has impacted my family
Road Rash Hope
From Life Support to Gritty Hope Ok. I really had to think about writing this post. I had to think about thinking about writing this post. In the end – here I am, writing this post. I don’t like to think too much about hope. Not here. I can hope for nice weather for my…
We Can Do Better
When you live close to addiction, you start to notice the gaps. Not just in treatment or support—but in the way we talk about the substance itself. Or more often, the way we don’t.
Alcohol is Expected, Accepted, and Underestimated
I thought I had Done the Work As far as I can tell, My Guy is holding his own.He’s communicating with me—and with some others that really surprised me. People he hasn’t reached out to in a long time. When he told me, I said he must be feeling pretty good to take that step.He…
Alcohol Addiction is Breaking Us
The Trauma of AUD He called. Exhale. Deep Breath in and hold. I’m quite tired of having conversations in which I spend the entire time double thinking. The first is simple: listening to my son. Engaging. Being present. The second is exhausting:analyzing tone, sentence structure, fact checking,watching the needle on my bullshit detector. And I…
The Alcohol Bardo – Between Detox and Sobriety
Sitting With Uncertainty The Social Worker from the hospital called this afternoon – she wanted to tell me that she had been unsuccessful in her bid to have the doctor order a psychiatric assessment. There was no medical reason for him to stay and he gave all the right answers about being on the right…
My Son Detoxing Alcohol in ICU
Fragile Hope – With Edges I left off with My Guy in the ICU. Yesterday I got up at 4:30 in the morning so that I could take my time getting ready to leave by 6am to get there for 7:30. I didn’t want to rush. I wanted to be calm. I needed to call…
The Next Generation of Alcohol Addiction
What We Still Didn’t See In 2023, I learned that my oldest son had an alcohol addiction. We call it Alcohol Use Disorder now—AUD. It sounds more clinical, more manageable somehow. But there is nothing manageable about watching it take hold of someone you love. I didn’t learn about it gradually. There was no slow…
My Family History of Alcohol Addiction
Over 100 years of alcoholism shaped my family—and for most of my life, we didn’t even see it.
Alcohol Addiction Links
https://elitefoundation.co.in/blog/alcohol-vs-drug-addiction-know-the-difference/ A work in progress.