1,000 Cranes for Peace

ALCOHOLISM PROBLEMS

Have you ever had a problem with someone because of the alcohol? Does alcohol affects you in a direct or indirect way?

Even if in this picture it seems that drugs are worst than alcohol, 'they are actually  the same'
(mostly because alcohol is also a drug...)

         Sometimes you have a friend or a relative who is overdriking everyday or gets drunk many times. It's always difficult when you met someone whose personality is great when he or she is not drunk, it's the kind of friend you like to have, and you discover a completely different person when he or she drinks in a party or, what is worst, starts driking everyday from the morning to the evening. Well, it could be funny if you're drunk too but, you know, we're under age and it's supposed that we shouldn't drink until we're 18 (Irony Mode: ON). Anyway, the thing is that it's not healthy for the person and you, another friends and family, should help him/her to stop drinking. How can we do that? you're asking right now (no, I'm not a mentalist or something). Here are some ideas, that you don't really need to follow because maybe yours are better but my imagination has limit.

#1. DON'T TELL HIM/HER THAT HE/SHE IS DRINKING TOO MUCH (OVERDRINKING).

       That's not to solve his/her problem, it's to help you. It can be (and normally is, skipping those people who don't give a damn about anything) a cause of fight and, believe me, a drunk friend is not a kind and funny person in a fight. Of course, if you want to broke your friendship with him/her, here you have the solution.

#2. Help him/her to stop driking.

       It's not difficult if you get help from proffesionals who know how to do that. Family and friends is always so important to help someone with it. For example, if you're in a bar, party and stuff with him/her, remember him/her not to ask for alcoholic drinks. He/she would say 'there's no problem, it's only one' or something like this, but even one can get him/her to get 'addicted' again. If he/she colaborates and really wants to quit from alcohol, it's not too difficult.

#3. If he/she doesn't colaborate, at least don't let him/her to do things shouldn't be done drunk.

      Try to do #2, but if the person doesn't want to quit from alcohol, let's quit him/her from activities that cannot be done when you're drunk. The most typical example: no car driving. Maybe if he/she undertand you cannot do many things when you're drunk, he/she will colaborate with tip #2.

And that's all. See you!