A primary goal in exposing her to
the facts about alcoholism is to help her accept the fact that her husband is suffering from a compulsive - addictive illness of which she is not the basic cause.
If the wife is to halt the runaway family crisis, it is essential that she become acquainted with
the facts about alcoholism.
Rigorously accurate presentation of
the facts about alcoholism is the method of helping people move toward this objective.
Not exact matches
In
fact, I have found that even Bill Wilson's medical mentor, Dr. William Duncan Silkworth, had spoken positively
about making the turn to Jesus Christ (whom Silkworth and Wilson both called the Great Physician) for the healing of
alcoholism (see The Positive Power of Jesus Christ by Norman Vincent Peale).
I'm not advocating
alcoholism here, I'm just saying that having a glass of wine while your kids play can relax both of you enough to laugh and joke, instead of exchanging
facts about your kids.