Download or read book Women Married to Alcoholics written by Morris Kokin and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman's guide to enduring and overcoming her mate's alcoholic problems. Demystifying the complicated issues of dependency, denial, self-abuse and self-esteem, women are shown how to cope with the personal, professional and familial conflicts that result from alcoholism.

Download or read book Marriage on the Rocks written by Dr. Janet G. Woititz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you live with an alcoholic? Dr. Woititz in her first, break through book addresses the spouses of alcoholics who feel overwhelmed and desperate in their marriages. Her focus is to show that the boundaries of isolationism and depression that living with an alcoholic brings does not necessarily mean one cannot eventually find piece of mind. Whether or not the alcoholic continues drinking. Marriage on the Rocks can show you the coping skills you deserve to have when Alcoholism impacts your life.

Download or read book Women with Alcoholic Husbands written by Ramona M. Asher and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important study of women with alcoholic husbands, Asher vividly describes the process of coming to terms with a profound crisis in one's private life. From interviews with more than fifty women, all of whom were participants in family treatment programs, she assembles a composite picture of the experiences shared by wives of alcoholics. The testimony given by these women illustrates the steps they must take to regain control of their lives. The first step is figuring out what is happening and deciding what to do about it. Asher argues that the vogue of using the label "codependent" may actually hinder rather than facilitate emotional health. Led to think of themselves as addicted to their husbands' addictions the wives of alcoholics may be persuaded that their own problems can't be overcome. But, Asher shows, these women can take command of their lives. Originally published in 1992. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Download or read book Women Married to Alcoholics written by Morris Kokin and published by Signet. This book was released on 1990-08-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PSYCHOLOGY/POP PSYCHOLOGY

Download or read book The Alcoholic Husband Primer written by Wren Waters and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcoholism has been called a "family disease" and yet the family, in particular the wife, of the alcoholic seems to go unseen by the addiction and recovery communities. And what support, advice and programs there are for the women married to alcoholics tend to be alcoholic-centric. "The Alcoholic Husband Primer" is advice for the wives of alcoholics based on their needs - not the needs of the alcoholic. It doesn't label women as "co-dependent." It doesn't accuse them of being "enablers." It's real, practical, everyday advice for the wives of alcoholics...written by the wife of an alcoholic.

Download or read book The Other Half written by Jacqueline Wiseman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This current study has emerged from two decades of the author's investigations in related areas: alcoholism and domestic relations. Its canvas is broadly comparative, drawing on interviews and data gathered in the United States and Finland. The domestic drama of The Other Half is played out both in the private scene of the home and the more public scene of the workplace, and against these two differing national backgrounds. Despite the many expected and perceived cultural differences between the countries, the effects of alcoholism on the family are shown to be the same.Dr. Wiseman's study offers theoretical insights gleaned from its perspective on alcoholism as an interactive phenomenon,to which the concepts of G.H. Mead and Blumer can be applied to illuminate the carefully presented data and go beyond them. New terrain in studies of alcoholism is thereby explored, including such themes as the social construction by the subjects of their husbands' drinking, their marriage and their self-images; the strategy of coping mechanisms; and the effects of the crisis of alcoholism on gender, sex roles, and power differentials.The Other Half complements Dr. Wiseman's prize-winning work on the treatment of Skid Row alcoholics, Stations of the Lost, while involving issues of greater complexity on both the methodological and theoretical plane.

Download or read book The Dilemma of the Alcoholic Marriage written by Al-Anon Family Group and published by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.. This book was released on 1971 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Leaving 101 written by Wren Waters and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wren Waters knows that most women who are married to alcoholics live in the constant mental state of "should I stay? I need to leave." As the days turn into months, the months into years, no decision becomes a tragic decision. When a woman finally looks up from the years lost to trying to mitigate life with a compulsive drinking, she often feels it's "too late." Too late to be happy. Too late to embrace her life. Too late to live her dreams. "Leaving 101" is not about leaving today, tomorrow or necessarily at all. It's about arresting the erosion of your soul that is the eventual by product of living with someone else's alcoholism. It's about learning to live more consciously - rather than reactively - so that you regain control and power in your own life. It's about working to create a life that one day makes it your choice as to whether you stay or go.

Download or read book Ambivalence Moral Career and Ideology written by Ramona Marie Asher and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Living with a Functioning Alcoholic A Woman s Survival Guide written by Neill Neill and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Living with a Functioning Alcoholic" is a book about hope, written specifically for women living in the chaos of alcoholic families yet unable to seek help from a psychologist.

Download or read book So You Want to Win Her Back written by Wren Waters and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a man working hard in his recovery but still feel confused about what it is your wife needs from you as you strive to repair your marriage? Is your husband an alcoholic - recoverying or active - and you wish someone would whisper in his ear what it is your long for from him and in your marriage? Either way, this book may be able to help. Alcoholism takes it toll on everyone and everything it touches. The 13 suggestions in "So You Want To Win Her Back" are designed to give men both "insider information" regarding their wives' perspective on the situation and concrete actions any man can take as he works to repair his marriage.

Download or read book The Alcoholic Marriage written by Thomas J. Paolino and published by Grune & Stratton, Incorporated. This book was released on 1977 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chasing Serenity written by Louis Pretlow and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is hope. It does get better. Living with an alcoholic spouse is perhaps the most difficult challenge any marriage partner can face. Louis Pretlow shares his firsthand experience with an honest, poignant style. Never boring, his notes tell about "Newbies, Monsters and Grandkids"; "Pet Store Theology"; and "Sober Insanity". There is a full chapter of his witty and thought-provoking parables of recovery. In this book Louis describes his first year of recovery in Al-Anon, a 12-step program for the family and friends of alcoholics. His notes share the pain, disappointments, and injustice he experienced in the first year of recovery. They also record the discovery, insight, and wonder Louis found learning how to watch for miracles. Louis defines "Al-Anon's Disease". If you too are chasing serenity this book is for you.

Download or read book Women Married to Alcoholics written by Kokin,M. & Walker,I. and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Living with an Alcoholic Husband written by Cherry Parker and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To me the sound of a metal bottle capunscrewing against a glass bottle isthe worst sound in the world.To my husband it is heaven."This true account is my story. My personal observations and feelings as I lived with a husband addicted to alcohol, on a roller coaster ride of hope and despair, love and loathing, embarrassment and anger, dreading each day. I was isolated, confused and upset that I was not doing enough to help him.You become worn down by the windscreen wiper mentality. The good guy, bad guy, drinking, not drinking, telling the truth, lying, worrying, hope, please not this time, maybe he will stop - or maybe I am going mad - perhaps it is me.This is the life I have written about. How I slowly came to realize that I was always waiting, wanting him to change. Trying to change him. Wrong. It had to be me who changed.I describe how I reached these conclusions, the choices I made and acted upon, to improve my life.Without implementing change, everything will stay the same as it is now.In writing this book I hope that some one else who lives with an alcoholically dependant person can be helped.We are not going mad.We did not cause the problem.We alone cannot change the alcoholic.We must change ourselves in order to get our life back.

Download or read book Letting Go written by Abigail Strong and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Can't we all just get along?" When God created man "in the image of God," we were given intelligent minds to interact with one another in harmony and peace. Our world was to be a place of wonder and delight. Then, along came Lucifer, who schemed to turn the good wholesome fruits and grains God meant for mans' benefit into a fermented brew, an insidious addictive concoction, which has the ability to destroy the human brain and spirit. It can bring heartache to crumbling relationships and split families apart. Today, there are over 17.6 million alcoholics in the United States alone - according to The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA). That is 1 in every 12 adults. Almost everyone is impacted in some way by an alcoholic. As the wife of an alcoholic for over 27 years, surviving this type of relationship was not easy. I knew I needed help. I attended AA and Al-Anon meetings, studied the Bible, met with leading counselors and psychologists, read numerous books, and spoke with others in the same situation. I then took all the information I gathered and put them into this book. It is my prayer that Letting Go: A Christian's Guide to Finding Peace will help you regain the peace you so desperately seek. This highly informative book will empower you to regain the peace you are longing for through a process of understanding, letting go, and regaining control over your life.

Download or read book Drinking written by Caroline Knapp and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 1999-08-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it. It was love at first sight. The beads of moisture on a chilled bottle. The way the glasses clinked and the conversation flowed. Then it became obsession. The way she hid her bottles behind her lover's refrigerator. The way she slipped from the dinner table to the bathroom, from work to the bar. And then, like so many love stories, it fell apart. Drinking is Caroline Kapp's harrowing chronicle of her twenty-year love affair with alcohol. Caroline had her first drink at fourteen. She drank through her yeras at an Ivy League college, and through an award-winning career as an editor and columnist. Publicly she was a dutiful daughter, a sophisticated professional. Privately she was drinking herself into oblivion. This startlingly honest memoir lays bare the secrecy, family myths, and destructive relationships that go hand in hand with drinking. And it is, above all, a love story for our times—full of passion and heartbreak, betrayal and desire—a triumph over the pain and deception that mark an alcoholic life. Praise for Drinking “Quietly moving . . . Caroline Knapp dazzles us with her heady description of alcohol's allure and its devastating hold.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Filled with hard-won wisdom . . . [a] perceptive and revealing book.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Eloquent . . . a remarkable exercise in self-discovery.”—The New York Times “Drinking not only describes triumph; it is one.”—Newsweek