Help! I Think My Loved One Is an Alcoholic

A Survival Guide for Lovers, Family, and Friends

By: Michelle S. Fondin

Narrated by: Michelle S. Fondin

Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

No. You're not crazy. The person you love is probably an alcoholic. You've been blindsided by lies, deception, denial, a life of chaos, and experienced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. You've hidden bottles, poured out the alcohol, and begged your loved one not to drink. Don't despair. There is hope.

This survival guide will help you understand the nature of the disease of alcoholism, alcoholic behavior, and how you can regain control of your life. In your understanding, you can come to a place of peace and love for yourself and for your alcoholic loved one, and ultimately win the battle of addiction. Whether you are new to addiction and recovery or an Adult Child of an Alcoholic, this book will help you embrace your own recovery and uncover the meaning of sobriety.

©2016 Michelle S. Fondin (P)2016 Michelle S. Fondin

A book from the perspective of the Alcoholic!

I loved everything about this book. It has given me some fresh insights into the heart of those who struggle with the addiction of alcohol. It helped me to externalize the problem instead of internalizing the problem. I loved the sharing from the alcoholics in recovery. Thank you .

Thanks for making sense of all the confusion.

This book brought me serenity and certainty. Detachment will bring me back to the light!

Helpful

This book was so helpful. It showed aspects of the alcoholic and of the alcoholics loved ones. It also gave tips on how to deal with your alcoholic loved one. It was exactly what I needed to help me deal with myself and the alcoholic.

I like reading this book and could not put it down, exactly what an addict would say.

First I have to start this book review with a clear head and a clear conscience. I had to wait and be honest with myself awhile before I picked up this book to read. I was not interested in the title until more and more it really felt like I found something I have been looking for my whole life and it was staring me directly in the EYE. I could not put this book down until the last page. In drinking terms, til the last drop!

Having been dealing with alcoholism for a quarter of a century through family, friends, loved ones, and yes personal experiences. I say with an open heart that this book touches all levels of alcoholism for the alcoholic and the loved ones dealing with it. Not only did the Author take a professional perspective, she also took a personal approach to the disease. Alcoholism!

This book covered research with psychologists, therapists, 12 step meetings, meetings for loved ones, one-on-one personal interviews with recovering addicts, rehabilitation centers, jail (That ugly word no alcoholic likes to hear), meditation therapy, prescription drug therapy, yoga practices (Yes, I say YOGA!), sponsors (a person who holds the alcoholic and loved ones accountable), plenty more not mentioned, and most of all YOUR HIGHER POWER.

Why do I say higher power? I do believe that after reading this book and the experiences I have gone through my entire life with others and myself, I realized I was just going through the motions of spiritual beliefs and not really practicing them as I preach. You ever heard that saying, Practice What You Preach? Well, I was one that did not heed from that very famous statement.

Alcohol is everywhere and you have to deal with it. Whether is rears its ugly head or beginning to destroy the very lives around you. Picking up this book to read will guide you to understand yourself about love and alcohol. That’s all this book was about.

Now I share my experience. I hope you have a chance to share yours. Alcoholism is a progressive disease. With treatment this disease can be strange at first, but with compassion and being a HARD ASS; as the Author stated in the beginning of the book, can be worth your life and the love ones that care.

Having known the Author for half a decade, she takes a positive approach on the alcoholic and the alcoholic loved one, which makes you realize that there is another life outside of alcohol. This book does not make you a new person, it simply tells you that you were always who you were but hidden beneath that alcoholic behavior. You will grow with the knowledge this book has to offer.

I am here to say for the loved one and the alcoholic that you do not have to lose this battle. It’s a disease. Working the program and through your higher power you can achieve greatness. The only thing you will lose is your ego and your selfish behavior. If that’s the only thing you lose then that’s great. LIFE IS GOOD!

Brilliant, and so positive!

Thank you for this book Michelle, it has helped me through some of my darkest moments with this disease. Just finished listening for the second time, and I loved it even more than the first!

You got it figured out, and also stayed positive and took care of yourself… it’s what we all need to hear!

Wonderful and educational!

Highly recommend this book for anyone who is dealing with the turmoil of a loved one that appears to have an alcohol addiction. Well written and evenly paced between real life testimonies and science-backed information. Definitely helps in getting clarity.

Enlightening

Answers many questions, gives examples and explains behavior that I have seen in my son. Understanding more will help me encourage him to find the help he needs.
Narrator was good and believable, without "preaching".

This got me through when I couldn’t bare it

Thank you for being with me while I made the most devastating decisions to detach and leave my alcoholic boyfriend. Every time I felt brutally alone I played this book and felt like you were here to support me. You’ve given me strength too, reminded me I cannot step in the way and I must now step out of the way. I pray god will take care of him now and help him return to being a father for his incredible daughters. No matter my love for him, he’s taken too much to ever repair us. I will pray for him forever while I rebuild myself. Thank you with all my heart.