re: Need Help for an Alcoholic Family Member

Thanks for the advice everybody. I really appreciate it. We've tried everything thing in the book short of Baker acting him. He denies he is drinking hard liquor, but I can see the levels of the bottles keep going down every day. It's sad.

What's also sad is that his wife won't help either as she has the same problem. The whole family can see it except for those two. Everyone has had quiet conversations with him telling him we love him and need him.

I guess a full blow intervention has to be the next step, but I don't think it will go very well. Should we try to isolate him away from his wife during the intervention since she may interfere with it? He is a retired military big wig, so it is very difficult for us to try to "preach" to someone who has fought in Vietnam, Cambodia, etc.

Thanks again.