It is worthy of note to point out something that family members who have been unfavorably affected by the signs of alcoholism of another family member apparently do not know. It seems that by protecting the alcohol addicted individual with lies and dishonesty to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have in actual fact created a circumstance that makes it easier for the alcohol addicted person to persist and move forward with his or her harmful, destructive daily life.

To be sure, rather than helping the alcohol addicted individual and themselves, these family members have essentially become enablers who have involuntarily helped deteriorate the alcohol dependent individual's drinking problems and increase his or her negative "alcohol signs."

Another one of the key alcohol abuse signs or signs of alcoholism involves alcohol relapses. Relapses occur when an alcoholic or chronic alcohol abuser has effectively undergone alcohol dependency treatment and then resorts to drinking a number of weeks or months later. At first thought, this situation seems contradictory to rational thinking and seems so doubtful that it forces one to speculate why anyone who has experienced the awfulness of alcoholism can return to drinking a short while after successful alcohol rehab and in turn after achieving sobriety. There are, for sure, many likely reasons for this.

It should be mentioned, nonetheless that alcohol dependency research that has focused on the long standing consequences of alcoholism has demonstrated-proven that long after the alcoholic has halted his or her drinking, critical transformations in the way in which the alcoholic's brain works are still present. As a consequence, all a recovering alcoholic has to do to involve himself or herself in actions that correspond with the changes that have come about in the brain is to start drinking again.

There are additional reasons why more than a few recovering alcohol addicted individuals return to drinking a few weeks or a few months after achieving sobriety. According to the alcohol dependency research literature, to make a successful recovery, the alcohol addicted person needs new ways of responding and thinking in order to deal more successfully with demanding alcohol-related situations that will occur.

Circumstances such as returning to the same alcohol addictive environment or to the same geographic location; interacting once again with friends from the time when the alcoholic was drinking irresponsibly; or familiar songs, smells, or activities-all of these situations can bring forth memories that can trigger psychological anxiety or push hot buttons that influence the recovering alcohol dependent individual to engage in abusive drinking once again.

Sadly, all of these situations may not only counteract long-term alcohol recovery for the alcohol dependent person but they can also lead to relapse and as a result negate one's sobriety. In an attempt to "protect" the family, alcohol addicted family members can actually cause unintended harm by enabling the unhealthy drinking behavior of the alcohol dependent person.

The substance abuse research literature highlights the fact that most individuals who successfully complete alcohol therapy experience at least one relapse. Alcohol addicted persons and their family members need to know this so that they do not get defeated or beleaguered when a relapse happens.

Fortunately, taking part in support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and follow-up therapy and education have resulted in more successful, long-term alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency treatment outcomes, have helped reduce alcohol relapses, and have helped recovering alcoholics accomplish long lasting alcohol recovery.

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