Q: I am a recently divorced 35-year-old male with 2 children, ages 6 and 7. I moved next door to my ex’s family right after we broke up and she quit communicating with me. We were not yet divorced, and I compensated for the lack of contact with her by playing on the computer and [...]

Q: I have been married almost 22 years and have 3 children. I really think I need to leave my husband, but I don’t know how. He’s a functional alcoholic. He goes to work to work everyday but is intoxicated by the time he arrives home. He is not physically abusive. But he does thing [...]

Q: Ever since I was a child, I have felt huge sympathy for my mother. I believe she was abused when she was younger. She is also a regular drinker and smokes cannabis every night. When I was younger I made the assumption that she drank because she was abused as a child. I have [...]

Q: I have been dating my boyfriend for almost 5 years, but our relationship has been rocky because of his brother, who has some serious mental issues. I actually met my boyfriend’s brother, who we will call “Bill”, while working in a bar. He became a regular customer, and I knew that he wanted more [...]

Q: My husband has had trust issues with women from about the age of 16. He thinks the worst of all situations. He has a bottle of water by his bed that he leaves out at night, but he will not drink from it because he fears I might have put something in it to [...]

Q: My 33-year-old son has abused both alcohol and drugs over the years and has been in and out of jail several times for reasons like DUIs, violation of probation, “borrowing” a friend’s car, etc. He has never managed to hold a job for any length of time, and he has burned just about every [...]

Q: My partner and I have been together for 10 years. I have recently come to realize that he manipulates every situation to benefit himself and to justify his behavior. He always puts a negative spin on any suggestion I make, even when the suggestion makes sense, and turns around a bad situation he has [...]