Thursday, December 17, 2009

Anger Management/PTSD

Oh My Goodness!
My friend has 2 children ages 4/6 she has been married to her husband who is not the kids father for about 3 years!
He was being deployed: his father died 10 days before deployment; he was allowed to get his remains and then ship ot!
he came back from deployment from a non hostile environment last year and came back completely different!
He has been short tempered and testy in all aspects!
the kids cant play too loud or do much of anything beyond a whisper.
he has no desire for anything at all and hates going to work!
He is depressed and anxious and just at a loss with his want in life or even the meaning!

he has seen the VA but his psch. says that he has all signs of depression and PTSD but the VA wont treat him completely for it to to him not being deployed to a hostile environment!
Now the people werent hostile, but his co worker soilders were!

He has now decied to make everyones life miserable at that point !

my question: Why must you be in a hostile zone to be treated for PTSD!
When clearly people all over the world can have this Disorder due to other stress?

Alcoholism

Well my father is a alcoholic.
He is in denial and now in a lot of health trouble!
He has been having horrible and damn near unbearable pains in his stomach and back.
He is having a hard time keeping down food or some liquids.!
he has been informed today that he has Pancreatitis. which is immflammation of the pancreas!
He has also been infomred that h must stop drinking completely for at least 30 days so that they may do a surgery on him to remove what may be a tumor in his pancreas!
He thinks that the doctor doesnt know that he is a alcoholic just because he is in denial!
the doctor knows!
If he doesnt stop drinking he will die from this
Im not willing to let him suffer and without a fight first!

I have planned on taking him to dinner and then OOOPPPSSS... taking him to a AA meeting!
He will be so mad and upset and he will fight with us all i already know it.
He is my father and i will not stand by while he decides to be selfish and not put our entire family feeling ahead of his need for alcohol!

i am seeking any help possible as well, he is a hard man to crack and very prideful!
He has served in the military for 22 years and has a great job now as a civilian!
its never affected him before!
he doesnt drive drunk ever and hes more of a sit home watch t.v drinker!

i need to get him into another habit as well as crack down on the choice he has made to be a advid drinker for the last well at least 30 years!

any suggestions?