My boyfriend is an an alcoholic! How do I make him get help?

Question by amanda8410: My boyfriend is an an alcoholic! How do I make him get help?
How do I get my boyfriend, an alcoholic who denies it to get help? Talking and crying and begging his family to talk to him has not worked.

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Answer by bronzebabekentucky
I’m sorry hun, but you can’t Make him. Can’t. He has to WANT to go, and he has to WANT help. If he doesn’t want it himself, and he obviously doesn’t, it will not work.
I have been thru this.
He doesn’t care about You or ANYONE enough to stop. He doesn’t see it as a problem.
You need to go to some Al-Anon meetings to understand all this. And, I would suggest you leave him before it all goes VERY bad.
And, it Will.

Answer by eldots53
No, and it won’t work. You are not going to like the answer, because it is not what you want to hear – you cannot make anyone get help. That is something they need to do themselves, and if the guy is in complete denial, that’s not going to happen. It has to get bad before they have a chance of recognizing they have a problem.

I suggest Al-Anon for you. It can help you a lot.

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