{"product_id":"loving-someone-who-drinks","title":"LOVING SOMEONE WHO DRINKS","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Guide for the Spouses, Partners, Parents, Siblings, and Children of Heavy Drinkers and Alcoholics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThere's a sentence you already know, even if you've never said it out loud: \u003cem\u003ethis is affecting me too, and no one seems to notice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou didn't cause it. You can't control it. You can't cure it. But somewhere along the way, loving someone who drinks became a second, invisible job — the hypervigilance, the walking on eggshells, the years spent managing someone else's crisis while your own life quietly waited its turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA drink can be just a drink for some people. For someone you love, it became something else. And loving them through it became something nobody ever gave you a manual for — until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis Book Isn't About Fixing Them. It's About You.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCounselor and hypnotherapist Ian Bates draws on decades of clinical work with families exactly like yours to offer what's too often missing from this conversation: real attention to what \u003cem\u003eyour\u003c\/em\u003e experience actually costs — not just theirs. This isn't a book about how to fix someone else's drinking. It's a book about how to stop disappearing inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat's Inside\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Three C's\u003c\/strong\u003e that finally separate what's yours to carry from what never was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe real difference between helping and enabling\u003c\/strong\u003e — and where that line actually sits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoundaries that hold\u003c\/strong\u003e, built to replace the ultimatums that never do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA full section for the specific chair you sit in\u003c\/strong\u003e — because a spouse's dilemma, a parent's grief, a sibling's overlooked exhaustion, and a child's absorbed patterns are not the same experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat to say, when to call for real help\u003c\/strong\u003e, and how to navigate a family not everyone sees clearly yet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow to rebuild a life, a sense of self, and even joy\u003c\/strong\u003e — whether or not sobriety ever arrives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhatever Chair You Sit In\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA spouse's dilemma isn't a parent's grief. A sibling's exhaustion isn't a child's absorbed patterns. This book doesn't flatten your experience into a single script — it meets you where you actually are, at your specific place in your family's story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou Did Not Cause This\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou cannot control it. You cannot cure it. What you can do is stop waiting for someone else's recovery to give you permission to begin your own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Bates Author","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55447375282518,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/3579\/4774\/files\/LovingADrinkerEbookCover3d.png?v=1789996193","url":"https:\/\/ianbatesauthor.com\/es\/products\/loving-someone-who-drinks","provider":"Ian Bates Author","version":"1.0","type":"link"}