Why You Keep Trying To Fix His Drinking

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Stop the Research Spiral: You Can’t Cure His Drinking (Reclaim Yourself First)Jennifer Randall-Young introduces The Life With An Alcoholic, a show focused on supporting women who are holding everything together while someone they love is falling apart. She shares how she spent years in a “research spiral,” searching for medical explanations and fixes for her partner’s drinking, and explains that this isn’t a character flaw but a coping strategy that provides a sense of control. Using the Al-Anon framework—“you didn’t cause it, you can’t control it, and you can’t cure it”—she describes the turning point of realizing information is useless without the alcoholic’s willingness. She offers a free six-minute Reality Assessment, reframes healing as independent from his rock bottom, and introduces a “third path” of reclaiming yourself first, including a one-hour experiment and a live workshop on “the impossible choice” and its six pillars.00:00 Welcome and Purpose00:34 My Research Spiral01:47 Why It Never Works03:15 Three Cs Framework04:35 Closing the Laptop05:05 Reality Assessment Tool05:40 Stop Waiting to Heal07:04 The Third Path08:51 One Hour for You10:03 Workshop Invitation10:46 Final Encouragement10:57 Outro and Next Steps

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