Old 04-29-2013, 05:31 PM
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DMB54
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I saw a therapist for quite a while when I was in my mid teens - it helped a lot on some level just to talk to someone but I was also avoiding a lot of the real issues. It will be a lot different now.

As for my friend, I continued the conversation as soon as he got home from work. There were good and bad sides to it. When I mentioned AA, he blocked me out and tried to ignore it. But then we got to talking little by little about things that he has probably never faced. I told him I wouldn't back down about him being drunk around me and that he had to keep the booze out of the house. I'm still not sure if he realizes the seriousness of the problem, but I've said all I can for today. I'm trying to do what I need to do for myself and walking a fine line with him. I can see where an AA meeting could be a little intimidating, even for me, so next time we talk I might suggest an anonymous forum like this one because he has been online a lot since the divorce.

Thanks again for the responses.
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