Room, often the people that are with us daily in our 'real lives' think they
are helping when they say
you're fine, everything will be alright. They may say it reassure, they may simply not understand addiction. In other sad cases they may have a drinking problem as bad as ours and not want to admit it. Many years ago one of my closest friends "dropped out" and went to treatment. I was pretty shocked since he didn't seem like an alcoholic to me; after all, we drank together all the time! How could he have a problem if I didn't? Obviously in retrospect I was at least as bad as he was, he was just quicker to realize it than I was.
Don't get discouraged, and don't be too hard on your family. They probably just genuinely don't know any better. But you do. There are resources out there. Things can get better.
