Please, help!

Marina, 23 February 2009 г.

My father often drinks, it usually happens after his coming back from work. He always comes drunk and begins to row, beat us with mum. When he is sober, he does not remember all that, he snatches at his head and says that it could not be so, he could not wish to do so. He refused from treatment at all. Will you help, is there any way to cure him from alcoholism without his knowing it and without his wish?

Alexey Yankevich answers:

Treatment of any illness and especially alcoholic dependence is impossible without participation of the patient. Thereby, frequently the success of convalescence in a greater measure depends on the patient, and not on relatives’ and doctors’ wish and skill. Therefore it is necessary to find some motivational moments which will help your father to understand the complexity of his disease and in general, that he is sick. Probably, for this purpose try to bring him for consultation to Nelly Vasilyevna, having explained, that he goes not for treatment, but for making a diagnosis to his body.