The Alcoholic Blogger

This is a brieef explanation of the disease by Lisa Frederiksen, author of “If You Loved Me, You’d Stop! What You Really Need To Know When Your Loved One Drinks Too Much.”

Her book combines the most current brain research on alcoholism and alcohol abuse with her own decades-long experience in dealing with these family problems. By explaining this research from the perspective of someone who has personally survived the ravages of a loved one’s drinking, Ms. Frederiksen offers fresh hope for the more than 50 percent of Americans (and the one in four children) who have a family member with a drinking problem. Though it is a slim volume at less than 120 pages, this book nevertheless addresses a host of issues surrounding alcoholism and alcohol abuse, including co-addictions, dual diagnosis, codependency, and, importantly, the characteristics that distinguish alcoholism from alcohol abuse.

written by The Alcoholic Blogger \\ tags: alcohol abuse, alcoholism, brain disease, co-addiction, codependency, drinking problem, dual diagnosis, If you loved me you'd stop, Lisa Frederiksen