HI Sunni! Sadly, there is nothing YOU can really do to make him stop drinking. You can show him the literature about WKS...convince him he has it by his...
Sunni, Sadly there was nothing Amanda nor I could ever do to stop our dad's from drinking. It was the loss of their freedom that made them stop. Both ended up...
That's wonderful Kelly. My mother is a similar story. But for her it was about 3 years of sobriety, meds and believe it or not, Bridge. Seems once she ...
For him to understand his ilness..Thank you for sharing on here, that really helps. I have accepted my dad will not ever stop drinking , he has been in and out...
Sunni, Part of WKS is the patient has no insight of the disease. Someone else thinks they have it but they don't. You could tell your dad until you are sick....
Carrie, Thank you so much for opening your heart and sharing your emotions and heart with me. IÂ really appreciate it. I am sorry to reopen any wounds. I know...
My dad tells me he has korsakoffs!! But in a sarcastic way (he knows and remembers the diagnosis but does not accept it) but thats the denial aspect of wks and...
Since he's still drinking, I think it would be hard. My dad did the same things about stories. We didn't know they were stories at the time. When he was...
Thank you so much for listening and for your help. He does have trouble walking at times, but I attribute that to being drunk. His eyes sometimes go off in...
Sunni, I apologize for my last post sounding so harsh. I've been running the gamete of emotions the past two weeks. Anger, hurt, hopelessness. Crying a lot....
Hello Terri & everyone else who may be reading, sorry to hear your going through this too. Does your husband only drink beer? or liquor too? My dad drinks beer...
Carrie, I totally understand what your going through. I wish I could help you more. Dont ever feel like you have to appologize for anything. I am here with...
... My father's ability to walk changed depending on whether he was drinking, recovering or sober. He would shuffle, or take extremely short steps when...
... I've wondered if anyone has tried videotaping their family members with clear signs of WKS and then showing the videos to them later to help them...
After Adult Protective Services took my dad to the hospital, my son and I made the 10 hour drive to his house to secure it. What we found was deplorable. We...
Glad your feeling better. I know you will get better a little at a time until your healed fully I hope : ) Tell me aboutit my dad lived in a tiny barn house...
Dana, I am going to try that next. I have thought about it and never had the battery charged at times. But it will be my next plan. ... From: Dana Mulvany...
hello - My Dad was diagnosed w/ WK & has been in an assisted living facility in another state for 3 years now. Don't get me started on the medicaid laws from...
My situation was similar to yours. I'm in California and my dad was in Arizona. My brother wanted nothing to do with "it". He passed away March 22, 2008. This...
I'm sorry your father passed away. It will be a hard fathers day. My brother was a huge help & very supportive in the beginning. I just don't think he can...
Hello to everyone in this group, we have so many hard times and worries and fears and stories good and bad to share, and we all have this awful feeling inside,...
Hello, sorry I noticed the talk, and wanted to reply I too have afather with wks, he was just diognosed with mri and nerve damage and alcoholic neauropathy ( i...
I have to get to work and will write again later.....my dad was first diagnosed at the beginning of the Iraqi War. I remember it so well because while he was...
Yes my Dad was making up crazy stories too. In the very beginning he thought the assisted living place was an army ship he was on when he was in the army. ...
Lisa:? I was going to wait to respond and I will in further detail when I have more time...you can take a look at my old posts beginning in Jan or Feb of 2003...
My dad also has WKS and has had it since 1986, which would make him only 42 years old when he was diagnosed. My mom took care of him for years, and when she...
Lisa, Our stories are almost identical. My dad had a chance to recover after his first episode and subsequent placement in a nursing home but once he was...
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