What I learned about alcoholism is that while I can sit and have two glasses of wine and be ok the alcoholic is not and continues to consume. I was not on a mission to fill a void, the alcoholic is. There is also a lot of exaggeration as it’s the same as needing to consume more alcohol in that a person also exaggerates who they are and what they can do.

The biggest lie is the lie they tell themselves about their need to consume alcohol. People that live with an alcoholic tend to suffer from low self esteem and some desire to help fill a void they cannot fill in the alcoholic/addict. Also there is a constant stress of not knowing what mood is going to come up with this unstable individual.

The alcoholic often sees themselves as a victim yet it’s often of their own doing that they don’t want to see because the don’t want to give up drinking. Instead they prefer to live the illusion instead of the reality.