The Low Risk Drinking Guidelines are provided for adult men and women. The risks associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption are outlined. Addiction, disease, injury and marriage breakdown are major categories of risk.
Dr. Neill Neill "My Partner is a Functioning Alcoholic" Being married to a functioning alcoholic is a big problem. Tens of thousands of families in North America alone are struggling with the issue. For a minority of people social drinking can gradually deteriorate into alcohol abuse and eventually ...
Dr. Neill Neill Mary (alias) recently took the Alcoholism Test and then emailed me. (She didn't leave a public comment because she wanted her communication to be confidential.) Although a few details are changed or omitted to protect Mary's privacy, she began with "I was researching functional alcoh ...
Alcohol abuse can be a big issue in a marriage. However, even if your partner is a functioning alcoholic, it may be more productive initially to get help for the relationship than for the alcohol abuse.
Dr. Neill Neill Is Your Marriage Partner a Functioning Alcoholic? There are many tests for alcoholism on the internet, so why do we need another one? The simple answer is that most of them aren't very practical. Most of the tests for alcoholism are "self-tests" and are therefore aimed at someone who ...
