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Drinking all the time

godisawesom
godisawesom

I have a friend I have been with for 4 years I care about him very much when we first got together I noticed very few day he would drink as the year s went on I noticed the drinking gotten to be every day before work and after beer and Canadian Mist I ask him to go get help he said he would sleek up this drinking is really annoying can a person stop on there on or do they have to go in rehab 

tinydancer02
tinydancer02
It depends on the person. But the thing you have to understand is he will not stop or get help if he doesn't want to. He has to want it for himself. You can be there to encourage and support him,but the decision has to be his.
PJ54
PJ54
Hello godisawesom,

The reply from tinydancer02 answers your question very well. Your friend seems to have a serious problem with alcohol and probably needs to stop drinking. Encourage him to go to a few AA meetings.

If you are in a relationship with this person, you have a lot of thinking to do, because his drinking is likely to get worse.
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
You cannot save him. He can only save himself. Encourage him to go to AA meetings or to his doctor for an evaluation, which is where many alcoholics begin their journey into recovery.

We will pray for you both.

God Bless
judgefitness
judgefitness
Normal drinkers don't drink before work and if your friend is starting his day this way then I very much doubt he is at a stage where he can just stop drinking without the support and help from a programme like AA or one of the many alternatives.

He must want to start this journey for himself.

If he's already drinking before work it raises the question whether he's secretly drinking at work, he's already putting himself and others in danger and that is a serious cause for concern. Your post doesn't say how he travels to work or what he does for work but nonetheless he's at risk of losing everything and worse still!

Whilst your friend has a decision to make, so do you. Without help your friends drinking Is going to progress even further into the depravity of alcoholism.
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