The following questions are related to ‘Alcohol’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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 [...]
Q: My partner and I have been together for 10 years. I have recently come to realize that he manipulates every situation to benefit himself and to justify his behavior. He always puts a negative spin on any suggestion I make, even when the suggestion makes sense, and turns around a bad situation he has [...]
Q: Thank you for the opportunity to seek some advice. I need some help figuring out what I can do to help my girlfriend. She is 42 years old. She is angry a lot, seems depressed, and is always negative. She also seems like the biggest liar in the world. She hasn’t worked for 4 [...]
Q: I would just like to get some advice if I can. I feel as if neither one of my parents really wants or loves me. My mom and dad both drink a lot. My mom used to leave us home alone or with some random drunk person she barely knew. My dad would do [...]
Q: A close friend told me she had finally found herself a good man. I was very happy for her. She said he was 55 and lived at home with his mother. He was a deacon in church, sang in the choir, and knew the Bible from beginning to end. He had just ended a [...]
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