his mother called and i couldn't help myself. i told her what was going on. its time to get the family involved because i can't do this alone anymore. now i feel bad because she was so proud of his success over the past few months but i just got sick of being the only one who has to live with his "little secret".
Hey, I found this really helpful myself. What are you protecting him from -- or yourself from -- by pretending this thing isn't there?
When I let everyone know and stopped protecting him, people poured out of the woodwork to support me and help me out. Turns out addiction and alcoholism touches a LOT of people, and it was worth it to me to let my close friends, family, and close coworkers know what was going on and end the isolation instead of carrying those bags by myself...