How To Tell Your Love Interest That You Are An Alcohol Addict?
So, you have started seeing someone, first just for companionship, not looking for any long-term entanglement. Now it feels like there could be something there, and you want more. What you are experiencing is a need to share and interact with another human being on a more intimate level. That’s all fine and good, healthy, in fact. However, you harbor a secret: you are an alcoholic. You really do not want to tell this person your whole story. Maybe, if you keep it hidden, things will work out okay. Don’t delude yourself. You have to be truthful. If you don’t, somewhere down the line, it will come out anyway, and you will likely lose the relationship. But how and when should you come clean? How do you tell someone you care about that alcohol is addictive for you? If you are new to recovery, this may be the first time in a long time that you have been in a frame of mind to even have a relationship on a deeper level with another individual. This may not be something you want to hea...