[QUOTE=wpainterw;2756165]Annette: I think of you and your difficulties often during the day.
The more I think the more I am convinced of the power of the addictive process. When it goes far enough the body literally takes over the mind. The person you are talking to is not the person you knew but is the addiction, the body craving alcohol, desperate to have it since it has had its metabolism, etc. all switched around to deal with it. And so it more or less takes over the mind and this is what the problem is, both for the addict and for anyone dealing with the addict
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Bill,
i too am seeing the power of alcohol, thru this site and the info. it is hard to see it as you look at your loved one tho-when you come from an alcoh. family, and boundaries are already not what they should be.
thanks for thinking of us-
hugs,
chicory