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Well, Alix, we do indeed live and learn. I honestly had never heard of a tapering from alcohol before. I did some research and sure enough, I read about the tapering to prevent seizures from sudden withdrawal of alcohol. Are you on a steady measured reduction? I am curious about this.
I can understand your partners anger, but I can also understand your hurt. A suggestion....perhaps he neeRAB to be pulled tighter into the loop here. Bring him along to the doctor with you. Have him listen to the doctor's worRAB. All of you together can develop a tapering plan that is sure and steady. Let your partner be the keeper of the liquor and give you the daily amount you are supposed to have. In my own withdrawals, my husband came with me to every single doctor's appointment. He was in charge of all prescriptions as I came off of them. It really helped us to make my struggle a team project.
Don't wait for that hug... go give it. Help break the tenseness that is a part of withdrawal. DO it for yourself as much as him.
Stay on course, Alix. It ois okay to have sympathy for ourselves as we go through this as long as we remeraber to have a bit of sympathy for those who are also affected along with us.
However, on the flip side, I know there were times when my struggle became tiresome to him. It changed each of our lives. It was a good thing when he came to the counselor with me. Although I had time alone with the counselor, there was also times when we went in together. It gave us a chance to talk about the issues that came up with how the withdrawal was affecting each of us. It was a safe place to discuss it because the counselor acted as a third, neutral party. I think one of the best bits of counseling I ever received was to remeraber to acknowledge to my husband how my struugling affected him. To acknowledge with symapthy that he, too, was going on this journey even if it had never been his desire. I became more aware of the need to acknowledge and thank him more often for the help and important roll he was playing in my recovery.
Once we make a real commitment to stopping the abuse cycle, it feels like a huge weight has been lifted and we are eager to pursure recovery and restoration. We feel so positive and then suddenly reality hits and we recognize that there will continue to be burdens like relationship juggling. Don't let the everyday issues ever interfere with your progress! There are ebbs and flows in every relationship.
Stay the curse there, Friend.
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Well, Alix, we do indeed live and learn. I honestly had never heard of a tapering from alcohol before. I did some research and sure enough, I read about the tapering to prevent seizures from sudden withdrawal of alcohol. Are you on a steady measured reduction? I am curious about this.
I can understand your partners anger, but I can also understand your hurt. A suggestion....perhaps he neeRAB to be pulled tighter into the loop here. Bring him along to the doctor with you. Have him listen to the doctor's worRAB. All of you together can develop a tapering plan that is sure and steady. Let your partner be the keeper of the liquor and give you the daily amount you are supposed to have. In my own withdrawals, my husband came with me to every single doctor's appointment. He was in charge of all prescriptions as I came off of them. It really helped us to make my struggle a team project.
Don't wait for that hug... go give it. Help break the tenseness that is a part of withdrawal. DO it for yourself as much as him.
Stay on course, Alix. It ois okay to have sympathy for ourselves as we go through this as long as we remeraber to have a bit of sympathy for those who are also affected along with us.
However, on the flip side, I know there were times when my struggle became tiresome to him. It changed each of our lives. It was a good thing when he came to the counselor with me. Although I had time alone with the counselor, there was also times when we went in together. It gave us a chance to talk about the issues that came up with how the withdrawal was affecting each of us. It was a safe place to discuss it because the counselor acted as a third, neutral party. I think one of the best bits of counseling I ever received was to remeraber to acknowledge to my husband how my struugling affected him. To acknowledge with symapthy that he, too, was going on this journey even if it had never been his desire. I became more aware of the need to acknowledge and thank him more often for the help and important roll he was playing in my recovery.
Once we make a real commitment to stopping the abuse cycle, it feels like a huge weight has been lifted and we are eager to pursure recovery and restoration. We feel so positive and then suddenly reality hits and we recognize that there will continue to be burdens like relationship juggling. Don't let the everyday issues ever interfere with your progress! There are ebbs and flows in every relationship.
Stay the curse there, Friend.
Hugs
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