The following questions are related to ‘Alcohol’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: I have been married almost 22 years and have 3 children. I really think I need to leave my husband, but I don’t know how. He’s a functional alcoholic. He goes to work to work everyday but is intoxicated by the time he arrives home. He is not physically abusive. But he does thing [...]
Q: Ever since I was a child, I have felt huge sympathy for my mother. I believe she was abused when she was younger. She is also a regular drinker and smokes cannabis every night. When I was younger I made the assumption that she drank because she was abused as a child.
I have been [...]
Q: I have been dating my boyfriend for almost 5 years, but our relationship has been rocky because of his brother, who has some serious mental issues.
I actually met my boyfriend’s brother, who we will call “Bill”, while working in a bar. He became a regular customer, and I knew that he wanted more [...]
Q: My husband has had trust issues with women from about the age of 16. He thinks the worst of all situations. He has a bottle of water by his bed that he leaves out at night, but he will not drink from it because he fears I might have put something in it to [...]
Q: My 33-year-old son has abused both alcohol and drugs over the years and has been in and out of jail several times for reasons like DUIs, violation of probation, “borrowing” a friend’s car, etc. He has never managed to hold a job for any length of time, and he has burned just about every [...]
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