Bottled Up: Help for families of alcoholics and those struggling with alcoholism

Your body and mind may be telling you, you have had had enough. Emotions and their physical symptoms are signs you need to look after yourself and you may be at breaking point. It is essential you lo…

Living with an alcoholic sometimes seems impossible. You will experience so many different emotions, hope, anxiety, anger, and depression. Join Lou and John for a conversation as they talk about the …

You will get angry, it's natural and it's legitimate. You must not be hard on yourself if you do get angry, it's what you do with that anger that matters. Lou suggests to use anger as fuel for change…

Living with an alcoholic is very difficult and sometimes feels impossible. You must not feel bad about yourself, but it is likely you may experience so many different emotions, hope, anxiety, anger, …

When you make changes that benefit you, it can prompt changes in your drinker. Lead the dance, don't follow.

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When living with an alcoholic you're so concerned about helping your drinker, it doesn't always occur to you that you also need help. You must take care of yourself. Join Lou and John as they talk ab…

Many people don't talk about their situation of living with an alcoholic. By talking to other people, we get rid of the stigma. You are not at fault. Alcoholics are not children. They make their own …

Living with an alcoholic is extremely stressful. Not only are you having to cope with the alcoholic's behaviour, you can also feel very guilty. You can start to believe that your situation is your fa…

Living with an alcoholic can seem impossible. All your natural, and completely justified, reactions to their behaviour don't seem to work. Why? Because you're not just talking to somebody you love, y…

This episode is essential for anybody living with an alcoholic. Lou and John talk about four things you must stop doing to make your life with an alcoholic better.

Stop Picking a fight, Stop Punishin…

Shortly after getting sober, John had a breakthrough. It was the road to recovery – recovery from alcoholism and recovering who he really was.

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Hope can sometimes seem very far away, or so close that the thought of it sometimes seems to good to be true. But there is hope, real hope. It is there in the thousands of people who are in recovery …

Alcohol is the missing piece of the jigsaw for many alcoholics. In this clip from episode 3, John talks about how alcohol gave him "liquid personality" and it felt like the bit of him that "god left …

In this fascinating episode, join John and Lou for a kitchen table conversation as they talk about the key subject, "Why can't alcoholics recognise the problem?". It is an essential episode for peopl…

Deciding to stay with, or leave, your alcoholic partner is a big decision. In this clip from episode two, here is the checklist you will want to consider.

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Please note, if you are under any threat, go. Seek help and advice, and remove yourself from a dangerous situation. Safety first.

In this episode of kitchen table conversation, John and Lou look at on…

In this clip from Episode 2 "Is my partner an alcoholic or am I making a fuss?", John and Lou discuss the effect of alcohol on a relationship. If your partner is lying on the sofa drunk, then physica…

Join John and Lou for a kitchen table conversation as they consider one of the fundamental questions of problem drinking - assessing whether your partner is an alcoholic. You might think there is a p…

John and Lou are here to help you change your life. In this short episode they talk a little about their experiences with problem drinkers and alcohol addiction.

Dr John McMahon is a professor and was…