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Subject: Huge Problem

"Through the fog the army moves on. Pushing through borders. Knocking over obstacles. Killing all enemies. Victory is secured, brothers, march on until the flag rises over the landscape."
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My dad has been drinking harshly since my grandmother died. How do I get him to stop? It's been a few months. I'm hardly even missing her. Come on, stop! It's destroying our household family.

My mother is depressed and always talks softly now. She's on edge now. This is not a joke, suicide and drinking problems aren't funny!

How do I get my dad to stop drinking?

  • 12.04.2012 1:39 PM PDT
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Ask him.

  • 12.04.2012 1:39 PM PDT

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Tell him to act like hes an adult. Tell him its part of life and that he can't dwell on it

  • 12.04.2012 1:40 PM PDT

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
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Drink all his booze before he can get to it.

  • 12.04.2012 1:40 PM PDT
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talk to him, or call the police next time he kicks off. It may hurt him at the start, but remember this is because you are doing the best for him and want him to realize what he is doing,

  • 12.04.2012 1:40 PM PDT

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Sometimes these things take time, just be there for your dad and family... put some time aside from going online and/or other activities and try to get them to fulfill their role to you as your guardian and role-model. If they are reminded of what they have still, it could divert their angst to other priorities in their life.

  • 12.04.2012 1:42 PM PDT
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Tell him it's bothering you, can't you think for yourself? It's your father.

  • 12.04.2012 1:42 PM PDT

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Start off by talking to him. Let him know how much its effecting you personally. Then, if that doesn't work, get your entire family to do the same. After that there isn't much you can do. He has to realize for himself that he has a problem. Until he does, there really isn't anything you can do.

  • 12.04.2012 1:42 PM PDT

Show him the dangers of drinking and that it can destroy families.

  • 12.04.2012 1:43 PM PDT

"Through the fog the army moves on. Pushing through borders. Knocking over obstacles. Killing all enemies. Victory is secured, brothers, march on until the flag rises over the landscape."
The Holy Council

We already tried talking to him and he said to my mom " How did you handle it when your mother died?" "I drank"

  • 12.04.2012 1:43 PM PDT

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  • 12.04.2012 1:44 PM PDT

"There's a very fine line between not listening, and not caring. I'd like to think that I walk that line every day."

Ask him if he would want you to drown your sorrow in substance abuse when he passes away.

  • 12.04.2012 1:45 PM PDT

Ask him nicely, if that doesn't work shout at him.

  • 12.04.2012 1:45 PM PDT

"Through the fog the army moves on. Pushing through borders. Knocking over obstacles. Killing all enemies. Victory is secured, brothers, march on until the flag rises over the landscape."
The Holy Council

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Ask him if he would want you to drown your sorrow in substance abuse when he passes away.

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  • 12.04.2012 1:46 PM PDT

"There's a very fine line between not listening, and not caring. I'd like to think that I walk that line every day."

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Posted by: BROWN HAWK
Ask him if he would want you to drown your sorrow in substance abuse when he passes away.
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Seeing as he's emotionally conflicted, you could try using reason.

Y'know . . . numbing the pain won't make it hurt any less when you finally feel it . . . time doesn't heal . . . he has to accept and come to terms with it in order to recover . . . etc.

  • 12.04.2012 1:51 PM PDT
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Perhaps OP should try relating to his father's pain of losing his mother instead of being an ass about it.

  • 12.04.2012 2:53 PM PDT

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Tell him that he's hurting his family.

  • 12.04.2012 2:54 PM PDT

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Sit down and talk to him, man to man. Serious talk that is.

  • 12.04.2012 2:58 PM PDT