Sentences with phrase «wife of an alcoholic»

I think he pretended to be the wife of an alcoholic in one of the chapters, and he definitely lied about his past.

^ New Primer on Alcoholism by Marty Mann, in a chapter on «What to Do About an Alcoholic,» has sections entitled «If You Are the Wife of an Alcoholic» (206 - 13), «If You Are the Husband of an Alcoholic» (213 - 17), «If You Are the Son or Daughter» (217 - 19), «If You Are a Friend» (219 - 21), and «If You Are the Employer» (221 - 24).

One study showed that when marital bonds are dissolved by death or divorce, the wives of alcoholics frequently marry another alcoholic.

Some wives of alcoholics hold tenaciously to their masochistic, martyrish, controlling postures.

S. Futterman, «Personality Trends in «Wives of Alcoholics,» Journal of Psychiatric Social Work, XXIII (1953), 37 - 41; T. Whalen, «Wives of Alcoholics.

This can be very lonely for the husband or wife of an alcoholic.

Not exact matches

The wife of a recovering alcoholic said, «We didn't expect to get reconnected with a higher Power and to rejoin the human race as a result of Ben's alcoholism, but that's just what happened to us in AA and Al - Anon.»

In the same direction, short - term marriage counseling can be useful in assisting the alcoholic and his wife to adjust to the demands of sobriety and to make their relationship more mutually satisfying and fulfilling.

Fitzgerald, an alcoholic, died of a heart attack in 1940, with his mistress nearby; his wife, the emotionally troubled Zelda, long confined to an asylum, followed eight years later, the victim of a terrible fire.

Jellinek once told of discussing an alcoholic's relationship with his wife and of doing so, not in terms of «your wife,» but in terms of his relation with his own wife.

Since there are at least four times as many wives as husbands of alcoholics, the words «she» and «wife» will be used generally throughout this discussion.

Here are some implications of this approach, by way of summary: (1) Focusing on why the wife married an alcoholic or a potential alcoholic is definitely contraindicated.

The Big Book of AA recommends to wives of still - drinking alcoholics:

When we recall the variety of types of relationships represented by those close to alcoholics who have come — in my case for instance this includes a husband, wife, daughter, son, mother, father, fiancée, nephew, sister - in - law, neighbor, intimate friend — we realize that this estimate may not be far from accurate.

The book Alcoholics Anonymous contains an example, written by the wives of early members, of how a wife might avoid overprotecting the alcoholic:

This surrender invariably produces beneficial results in the lives of the wife and children, insulating them emotionally from much of the destructiveness resulting from the alcoholic's drinking.

In the chapter «To Wives» in the original edition of the Big Book, the wives of the first hundred AA's wrote to the wives of other alcoholics: «If God can solve the age - old riddle of alcoholism, he can solve your problem, too.&rWives» in the original edition of the Big Book, the wives of the first hundred AA's wrote to the wives of other alcoholics: «If God can solve the age - old riddle of alcoholism, he can solve your problem, too.&rwives of the first hundred AA's wrote to the wives of other alcoholics: «If God can solve the age - old riddle of alcoholism, he can solve your problem, too.&rwives of other alcoholics: «If God can solve the age - old riddle of alcoholism, he can solve your problem, too.»

The message of this fictional fragment — that behind the alcoholic is a wife who subtly «drives him to drink» — is a common theme in the folklore of our culture.

As suggested in Chapter 9, the most salutary thing the wife of a drinking alcoholic can do is to «release» him.

It is possible for the minister unwittingly to block rather than facilitate the wife's release of the alcoholic.

At the close of the first interview, the educational phase of the counseling can be expedited by lending the wife one of the books or pamphlets listed earlier, or a copy of Alcoholics Anonymous.

For a description of one approach to group marriage counseling see Genevieve Burton, «Group Counseling with Alcoholics and Their Nonalcoholic Wives,» Marriage and Family Living, XXIV (February, 1962).

One of the Yale ministers told of helping to sobriety an alcoholic whom he had never had an opportunity to see, by helping the wife to change her attitudes toward him.

Even when rehabilitation is most successful there are the strains of accepting the alcoholic as he experiments with new patterns of relating to his wife and children.

His ex wife is a bi - polar / alcoholic / drug addict who refuses to see her kids most of the time.

But Prophet Owusu Bempah defended his wife saying that she has never tasted anything alcoholic not to talk of akpeteshie because she hates it.

He gets into the business of an alcoholic and his cheating wife.

Cooper is to make a remarkable intervention in the lives of a dysfunctional local family, whose appallingly inadequate paterfamilias is Ansel (Thomas Haden Church), a welder of low ambition and low IQ, acrimoniously divorced from his alcoholic wife, and now living with his dubiously loyal girlfriend Sharla (Gina Gershon), who has the unfortunate habit of answering the door naked from the waist down.

A not - so - functional alcoholic with a long - suffering wife and two grown sons, Woody seems to be rapidly approaching the end of self - sufficiency.

And every story turns on sharp moments of awakening: Rose Byrne's battered, trailer - park wife encounters God, Hugo Weaving's alcoholic hermit reunites with his estranged son, Cate Blanchett's suburban everywoman finally clicks with her mother - in - law.

Along the way she meets an alcoholic police officer (Strathairn, Fracture) mourning over the wife (Weisz, Eragon) who has left him, as well as a young lady gambler (Portman, Goya's Ghosts) who is always on the verge of the next big pot.

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest historical drama is another of his studies of a lost boy and his charismatic parental substitutes, as alcoholic World War II veteran Joaquin Phoenix stumbles into the circle of cult leader Philip Seymour Hoffman and his wife Amy Adams.

They search everywhere for it, and are mistaken for a couple of hit men hired by an alcoholic womanizer (Willis, Twelve Monkeys) to «do» (i.e. kill) his wife (Moore, A Few Good Men).

He leaves his alcoholic wife and realizes his dream of opening a restaurant in Helsinki.

A mother and wife to an alcoholic dockworker, Larsson (played by Maria Heiskanen) came to taking pictures by chance and continued out of passion and talent, snapping portraits of her neighbors and even making a small business when her husband (Mikael Persbrandt) was in jail or serving in World War II.

Before such revelations can materialize, The Terror establishes the primary, thorny relationship between confident and upbeat Franklin (Ciaran Hinds) and the stout but alcoholic Crozier (Jared Harris), the latter of whom embarks on this undertaking after — per flashbacks — his attempts to marry Franklin's daughter Sophie (Sian Brooke) are shot down by both Franklin and his wife Lady Jane (Greta Scacchi).

That especially applies to the mother of the stolen — or possibly rescued — baby, an alcoholic trophy wife whose regrets over bad mothering come too late.

On her guest list: Old - time diva actress Carlotta Vance (Marie Dressler); washed - up alcoholic Hollywood actor Larry Renault (John Barrymore, in an astounding piece of self - revelation and a classic of the actor «s art), who's romancing their twentyish daughter Paula (Madge Evans); voracious business shark Dan Packard (Wallace Beery) and his feisty platinum - blonde trophy wife Kitty (Harlow, in one of her best roles); smooth society doctor (and Kitty's lover) Wayne Talbot (Edmund Lowe) and his tolerant wife (Karen Morley); and Paula's hapless society beau (Phillips Holmes).

Most of them were also mad — deranged, alcoholic, obsessive wives, lovers or eccentric dames, driven crazy by love and need.

And he ignores his alcoholic father, who is prone to outbursts of anger as he struggles to raise his two boys after the loss of his wife and their mother.

The slaughter of Max's wife and daughter in the previous installments has taken quite a huge toll on our alcoholic ex-cop protagonist; even on the job, Max spends his time drinking and numbing his mind with his other vice, painkillers.

You and your wife go on a cruise and have a night of dancing and fun and you also consume alcoholic beverages.

-- Written by the wife of a recovering alcoholic

A wife may cover for her alcoholic husband; a mother may make excuses for a truant child; or a father may «pull some strings» to keep his child from suffering the consequences of delinquent behavior.