‘Alcohol’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 5

Q: My 28-year-old boyfriend is a binge drinker. He can go weeks or months without drinking, but when he does, he can’t stop at one or two. He has to get wasted. What’s more concerning is that his personality changes drastically. He is normally a very thoughtful, sensitive, and well grounded person. When he drinks [...]

Q: After a series of stressful events (family surgeries, putting a son in jail, discovering another child’s addiction to meth, the death of an employee’s child, etc.) I finally had to face the fact that I was severely depressed. I began seeing a wonderful psychiatrist who had treated me for a milder depression about 5 [...]

Q: My son is an alcoholic and currently under a doctor’s care for Bipolar Disorder. I have been told he is taking Paxil, Lamictal and Wellbutrin. He has started to drink again. He admits he will go to the hospital because the meds and alcohol are affecting him negatively. I am worried that this is [...]

Q: In 1991 my son (age 13) molested my daughter (age 3). At the time I did everything right: notified the authorities, obtained counseling for the victim, the abuser and the entire family. My son was sentenced to juvenile detention for about 90 days. It was revealed during his counseling that he committed this heinous [...]

Q: My husband of 23 years describes himself as “melancholy”. He feels sad more than happy, mixed with a good dose of anxiety on most days. Currently, he owns his own business, which is successful (but he feels like it isn’t!), and he works from home. If you were to meet him, you would think [...]