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Hi! I'm new.
Hello. I new here didn't know where else to go. I hope posted in the right place. I found this website by doing a search on Google. My boyfriend is an alcoholic and I'm an enabler. 😁 I'm slowly learning to put myself first as well as trying to understand. I've researched many articles to get a better grasp but in all I've read, I've learned that he has to want to be sober. I know many people have heard this all before and I know this is nothing unique. Just needed to find a place where people are going through what I'm going through. Thx for reading.
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Welcome BeautifulMisery! 
You can find the Friends and Family Forum here;
Friends and Family of Alcoholics - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information
You can find the Friends and Family Forum here;
Friends and Family of Alcoholics - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Soberville, USA
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Beaut,
The only person that can stop your alky is your alky.
He is dealing w an addiction. It is way more mental then physical.
My wife pleaded w me over the last 20 years to quit. Didn't happen.
My switch flipped after I nesrly collapsed during a hard work out.
I googled....what happens to my body when I quit drinking...and found SR.
I wanted to change. I was a mess.
Nearly 10 months clean and people that know me well say I transformed into a new and better person.
Education and internal desire changed me.
Try to educated your alky. It might flip the switch.
Hope this helps.
The only person that can stop your alky is your alky.
He is dealing w an addiction. It is way more mental then physical.
My wife pleaded w me over the last 20 years to quit. Didn't happen.
My switch flipped after I nesrly collapsed during a hard work out.
I googled....what happens to my body when I quit drinking...and found SR.
I wanted to change. I was a mess.
Nearly 10 months clean and people that know me well say I transformed into a new and better person.
Education and internal desire changed me.
Try to educated your alky. It might flip the switch.
Hope this helps.
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Earth
Posts: 607
Yes, wanting it bad enough is the key. Unfortunately for loved ones this seldom happens on the time line they'd like it too. You can be supportive of the addicted one's recovery process but you can't do it for them.
It took an awful rude awakening for me to want to change.
Take care of yourself
It took an awful rude awakening for me to want to change.
Take care of yourself
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