| Put the brakes on alcoholism: If your roommate shows | | | | others. When your roommate sees how much his/her |
| signs of alcoholism (binge drinking, not knowing when to | | | | friends and family care about his/her well being, they |
| stop, bad behavior when drunk, drinking negatively | | | | might change their ways and give up drinking, or at |
| effecting his/her life) you should intervene and try to | | | | least learn to control themselves. But if they are a real |
| get them help. Here are a few tips to use to deal with | | | | alcoholic, sometimes cold turkey is not easy and you |
| an alcoholic roommate. | | | | will have to be there to help them through the difficult |
| Ban alcohol from the apartment It’s a drastic step, | | | | sobering process. |
| but sometimes an alcoholic needs some tough love, so | | | | Encourage them to seek help For many alcoholics, |
| while banning alcohol from the apartment will also | | | | even their friends and family confronting them about |
| affect yourself, if you really care about your | | | | their drinking won’t help, sometimes they need to |
| roommate you will make the right decision. It is easy | | | | go to a program where they can talk and discuss their |
| for your roommate to sneak alcohol into the | | | | alcoholism with others who are struggling with the |
| apartment and drink it on the sly, so make it so if he | | | | same problem. Alcoholics Anonymous is a highly |
| breaks the rule that there will be consequences, such | | | | successful 12 step program that many alcoholics have |
| as extra cleaning or getting kicked out of the | | | | used and continue to use to maintain their sobriety. |
| apartment. | | | | Encourage your roommate to check out one of their |
| Intervention Sometimes when confronted by their | | | | meetings, offer to go with him/her for support, and |
| friends, family and peers, the alcoholic roommate is | | | | hope for the best. |
| able to see how his/her drinking is affecting the lives of | | | | |