Bottled Up
 
Support for people living with a problem drinker

Welcome to Bottled-up!


Do you live with a problem drinker or live with an alcoholic?  If the answer to that question is yes then you are in the right place.  This is a website designed to help you change your life.  It will give you the tools to empower you to reduce the problems in your life caused by alcohol and to help you to motivate your problem drinker to seek treatment. 

If you want your life to be better then come in and join us.  A recent research study found that this type of approach was more successful, than other methods, with two-thirds of partners who used the approach getting their drinkers into treatment.

Is someone else's drinking causing you problems?  Are you fed up with the constant broken promises and disappointments?  Are you feeling isolated and alone, ashamed to talk about what is happening in your life.  Do you dread parties, celebrations and evenings with friends and family?  Have you stopped asking people to your home?  Do you feel as if you are going mad when he says he has not been drinking, even though you can definitely smell booze!  Do you find yourself searching the house, car, garage, garden for bottles.  Do you feel that her drinking now rules your life? 

Do you wonder "Is he an alcoholic?"  Do you want a definition of alcoholism?  Do you wonder what the are signs of alcoholism?  Would you like to go out and talk to someone .... attend a meeting ... go to a seminar ... but are afraid to leave the children with your partner?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the place for you.

Do you live with a problem drinker and would you like to change your circumstances?  Do you want to save your relationship, reduce the harm caused by alcohol, stop feeling helpless and ashamed, get some answers, and get help to get your drinker into treatment then this is the place for you.  Sign up for a new life

In this video we tell you a bit about ourselves and our goals for Bottled-up.   

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What is Bottled-up?


In Bottled-up you will find a program to help people who live with problem drinkers.  This is a new program and approach that you will not find anywhere else.  It has been created from the unique knowledge and experiences of the co-authors Lou Lewis and John McMahon.

Bottled-up is a website designed to help you.  It is designed to provide you with the advice, information and support that you need. 

You will find tools, specially written for this website, that help you to look at your situation in a quite different way and to plan some solutions.

Unlike some other organisations (eg Alanon) these tools will empower you to to take charge of your situation, feel better about yourself, reduce the problems associated with alcohol and get your drinker into treatment.

You will find an increasing library of audio recordings discussing the tools and some issues of living with a problem drinker.

AND you will find people like yourself.  People in the a similar position who understand where you are coming from, what your trials and frustrations are and who are willing to share and listen.

You will find opportunities to make your valuable experience and support available to others.  So that others can benefit from your successes and avoid your mistakes.  You can contribute through the blog, the chat room and forum.






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What Bottled-up is not


Bottled-up is not a collection of clichéd, one-size-fits-all type of answers. 

Bottled-up is not a trite list of do's and don'ts that you feel is designed to make you feel guilty!  Bottled-up recognises that everyone is different and everybody's situation is different.  Therefore what may be a perfect solution for one may be a disaster for another.

Bottled-up is not designed for your drinker.  It is designed with your needs first.  Attending to your needs, in a healthy way will benefit both you and the drinker.

Bottled-up is not designed to provide a sanctuary to hide from your life (although it will help), it is designed to provide you with the tools to live your life ar needs in and feel more fulfilled.

Bottled-up is not designed to be a place to spend your time complaining about your drinker (but if you do other members will identify and sympathise).  It is designed to provide practical and pragmatic solutions where you can help each other cope with their present and build a better future.

Bottled-up is not designed to be about a couple of Gurus dispensing their knowledge and wisdom, (although we do have some knowledge and experience of the topic).  It is designed to be a community that helps each other by sharing their experience, their time and their compassion.




 
Do you want to receive tips about how to handle living with a problem drinker.  Do you want to read the latest question and answer sessions on Bottled-up.  Do you want to be kept up to date about the latest developments in treatment of alcohol problems and do you want to receive details about forthcoming Bottled-up events on and off line. 

Then sign up for the FREE Bottled-up Newsletter.









Bottled-up is a place where you do not need to bottle it up!




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Use the menu bar on the left-hand of this page to explore the information on the website.  If you feel that you would like to become a member of this website then click on Member Application to be taken to the joining page. 

For more information on addiction please visit the Narconon online resource.




 
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All material copyright Lou Lewis and John McMahon © 2011

All photographs by Cassia Lewis