Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by x3xx: Is alcohol addiction of a parent a reason for child services to intervene?
Like excessive. We’re talking like multiple bottles of southern comfort a day. The parent hasn’t been to work because of this. And in and out of rehab for it?

Like, let’s say that there are arguments going on in the home without physical abuse.

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Answer by Cptainamer
You bet especially if it jeopardizes the child’s welfare

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Question by brittani LS: What would be a good reason for an individual to refuse undergoing an alcohol treatment program?
I’m doing a story for my creative writing class, and my main character is a girl whose dad doesn’t want to stop drinking alcohol. I was just wondering what would be a good reason for his refusal. I was also wondering how the girl would convince her dad to go and get himself treated. Any ideas?

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Answer by Chastity C
I think the most obvious reasons for refusal is denial, shame, and unwillingness to change. You could start the story by showing the father’s resistance to positive change, and then throw in a traumatic experience/catharsis that forces him into rehab. It’s so sadly cliche but true, that it sometimes takes life-changing or near-death experiences to force idiots to take action.

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my parents are both addicts and now im worried i will be one too. i dont drink now but should i just stay away from it? are my chances higher than others to become an addict?

i am puzzled, do all alcoholic have some deep personal issues so they try to avoid? or just pure pleasure seeking?

I decided to get information on what a separation means from an on-base attorney. My husband has threatened to cancel my debit/credit card to our joint account if I leave and I wanted to make sure I would be financially ok for our kids. My husband was supposed to have gone with me to speak with him because I wanted my husband to know his rights too, but at the last minute he didn’t want either one of us to go and was upset with me when I went anyway. When I got home he told me there’s no way he’d let me have the kids and he’d fight tooth and nail to keep them. I asked why he didn’t think I would be able to take care of them and he said, “I don’t. You’re a great mother. But you will NOT get them. I’ll fight until you lose them.” I don’t have a job or money of my own because we had decided that I would stay home with our kids. I plan on getting a job if we separate because I don’t want our kids to grow up the way I did, pretty much in poverty. It’s a fear of mine. He’s in the military and deploys a few times a year. He’s admitted he’s an alcoholic but refuses to get treatment. He’s not emotionally stable and has a terrible temper. He’s trying to get counseling through our church because it’s anonymous though, but even they said he needs to seek a higher form of counseling. I’m going to counseling as well, and we were going to counseling together but he doesn’t want to go back because he says he’s picked on and made to feel evil.
I don’t hate him, actually I love him very much I just can’t live with the drinking, lies and anger. This is tearing me apart, and I don’t want him to come across as only the things I’ve mentioned. He’s a good father when alcohol and depression isn’t involved, actually, he’s a good husband then too. He just isn’t getting help and it’s wearing on me and the kids too. I’m sorry if I come across as a terrible wife.