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Old Jan 15, 2015, 01:04 PM
Mygrandjourney Mygrandjourney is offline
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Originally Posted by zinco14532323 View Post
You can point out to him your concern and that you think he has a problem but it is up to him to do something about it. If he decides to something then you can help him. If you nag him all the time he will push you away. Even if he says....yeah your right, I am going to quit. And then doesn't you will be disappointed. Us alcoholics often tell people what they want to hear to get them off our backs for awhile with no intention of changing.
Agreed: expressing your concerns about your observations, from the first person perspective is appropriate. Just letting him know you are concerned and you would like to see him make changes in a non judgemental/non threatening way may open the door to more opportunities to help him in the future.