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