My name is Heather and I have been researching alcoholism for the past 3 months for my English class. I chose alcoholism because most of my family has alcohol problems. I wanted to be more in tune with the way that an alcoholic thinks and feels so I thought that by joining this site I would be able to do that. I also wanted to find more information from the family of the alcoholics so this way I could possibly help my own family out with their problems as alcoholics and possibly more people than just my family. For our research in my English class we had to do the problem research paper and then a solution research paper. My solution for the research paper was solution that already existed but I added on my own thoughts and ideas plus a few more things to do. I do feel like an alcoholic is unable to be helped unless he or she admits to the problem that they have. Once the problem is admitted to then they would go through therapy and continue going to certain counseling sessions. The person would have to find a replacement for drinking that way they could use that instead of alcohol. I just wanted to share this and see what others thought.