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How To Cure Alcoholism?

my partner aged 51 drinks about 2 bottles of red wine in an evening, often more on weekends when he starts around midday, he only gets 'drunk' once or twice a week and blames that on not eating enough rather than how much he's drunk, he also smokes cannabis daily. on occasions he stumbles around can get unreasonably angry but doesnt remember it in the morning.he doesnt believe he is an alcoholic because he doesnt drink in the morning, doesnt have hangovers and holds down a responsible job. He wakes up around 5/5.30 every day, has coffee and returns to bed, he thinks this is 'just his body clock'. He has recently been to his gp as he bleeds from his anus, he has suffered from piles for years but says the bleeding has changed. I think there must be a link to his drinking and maybe if he knew this he may acknowledge it and address it.
Sat, 21 Jun 2014
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From the available description it appears that your partner is dependent on alcohol and cannabis and denies for same. It is absolutely necessary to meet a physician for substance abuse.
You can ask him to company you to doctor's office saying that consultant will tell you that what he is saying is not correct. Blaming other things for abuse of alcohol is very common as they feel annoyed when someone points toward their drinking pattern and at the same time they feel helpless to control their drinking behavior.

Problems of piles may be related to his substance abuse as most of those who drink excessively have sedentary life style and for chronic alcoholics there may be liver function derangement which leads to hemorrhoids as a complication.

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How To Cure Alcoholism?

Dear User, Thanks for using health care magic. From the available description it appears that your partner is dependent on alcohol and cannabis and denies for same. It is absolutely necessary to meet a physician for substance abuse. You can ask him to company you to doctor s office saying that consultant will tell you that what he is saying is not correct. Blaming other things for abuse of alcohol is very common as they feel annoyed when someone points toward their drinking pattern and at the same time they feel helpless to control their drinking behavior. Problems of piles may be related to his substance abuse as most of those who drink excessively have sedentary life style and for chronic alcoholics there may be liver function derangement which leads to hemorrhoids as a complication. Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help . Thanks