The Impact of Addiction on Spouses: Codependency, Enabling, & Recovery
Two of the most celebrated Hollywood films about alcoholism feature plotlines showing the struggles endured by partners and spouses. In 1945, The Lost Weekend was the first major production to include a storyline about an alcoholic’s girlfriend. Five decades later, When a Man Loves a Woman flipped the script, with Meg Ryan playing an alcoholic housewife who imposed a significant emotional burden on her husband,
High-Functioning Alcoholics: Understanding the Hidden Struggles of AUD
The term “functioning alcoholic” is a commonly used label for an individual who seems to maintain a normal life while still struggling with alcohol abuse. The precise origins of the term are unclear. It became widespread around the time the print edition of Psychology Today magazine reached a circulation of a million copies in the early 1980s. The medical community refrains from using the term
