How to handle yourself to be sane at home

For Vikram, it all started with attending a birthday party arranged by a colleague at his office. Being a person who has never smoked or taken drinks, he knew how to refuse and keep himself away from such things.

Working in a corporate office opened all the doors of a sophisticated life for him.? Along with it came easy access to alcohol.? It started with a sip after an excuse from his colleague.? Weekly parties gave him the space to enjoy the company of his friends along with a sip of his favourite drinks.?

Unfortunately, for Vikram things turned out to be an experience that pushed him into alcohol addiction. No one in his family knew about his drinking habits.? After marriage, it came to light and everyone in the family was shocked to know about it.? Vikram’s sister being a psychiatric counsellor could identify earlier and helped him to come out of that.?

How many are lucky like Vikram?

When you are forced to live with someone who is addicted and behaves weird every day at home, how will you handle it?

Will it test your patience??? Do you struggle to keep yourself to be sane?

How can you move forward with a life that is not normal and you need to push yourself to be yourself?

What happens when a family member suffers from alcohol addiction?

With all the sophisticated technology that makes our lives easy and comfortable, we must live a peaceful life with good health and happiness.

But things are not happening so.

Of late, when I am listening to FM in the early morning, the numerous prayer requests that wish someone at home to be relieved from alcohol addiction are disheartening.

What is happening with the population now?

What drives these men and women to get addicted and make their lives miserable?

Even though they know that society will look at them with contempt, why do these people go for alcohol?

Six decades ago, I encountered people who chose to drink after work. They were from a group of people who worked hard manually.?

Mainly men who worked in the construction industry were forced to drink alcohol as they believed it would give relief from extreme body pain and help them to have good sleep.

Apart from the people who suffer due to their addiction, it is the family members who go through hell every day.

If you happen to be the one who suffers physical and verbal abuse at home due to a family member who is under alcohol addiction, how can you resolve it?

You can approach anonymous groups that help families who suffer mentally due to addicted family members.

Once you are with them, you will know how to handle such situations.

Interaction with such groups may help you to be strong and handle things at home with patience.

An addicted person at home may test your tolerance levels.

In situations that exceed your tolerance level, you must know if it is better to keep your mouth shut or move away from there.

On a day when things do not go well with these addicted family members, you may be financially and mentally broken.

To keep yourself sane, first learn to be thick-skinned.

It would help if you learned to ignore such situations and protect yourself from getting hurt.

Help is there for you now.? You must only know where you can get help.

Don’t feel depressed or disappointed due to the tense environment at home.

Life is there to live.

Until you go away from here, it is our responsibility to keep ourselves happy.

Whatever it may be, learn to break all hurdles and be confident to live a peaceful life.

Apart from all kinds of luxuries and sophisticated lifestyles, it is important to lead a peaceful life and get a good night's sleep. ?