How to Confront an alcoholic / Eight Tips from the Pros
Tip One: How to confront an alcoholic? Be prepared. This is no topic that can't be discussed successfully without preparation.
Tip Two: Get help from others. Those that you want helping you are those people that this individual loves and respects.
Tip Three: Have a definite goal in mind. Have a finite purpose for your confrontation such as getting into rehab today.
Tip Four: Be prepared for the responses. What if they say yes/no/maybe? Have a center picked out and ready to accept them that day.
Tip Five: How to confront an alcoholic? Think like them. Understand them. What is their real problem? I am willing to bet money that alcohol is not their primary problem. What is?
Tip Six: How to confront an alcoholic? Be one step ahead of them. Know what they are going to say and do and have that nipped in the bud before it even takes place.
Tip Seven: Address the real problem. Stay clear of the alcohol topic if possible. For example. If you believe that this individual is suffering from depression because of a death in the past. Use this as the possible reasoning for their drinking. When you look at this as an alcohol problem you will always lose. When you look at this as something bigger like depression, you have a chance at stopping the problem at the source rather than dealing with the symptoms.
Tip Eight: Know your abilities and limits. If this is a fire that you have been fighting for years with a garden hose, ask yourself if it is time to call 911. Hiring a professional interventionist just might be the difference in life or death.
