Alcoholic Alcoholism
Someone Stop This Merry-Go-Round: An Alcoholic Family in Crisis
Many of us have had a spouse or family member arrive home after afew too many drinks. Some of us have needed to make up excuses for aloved one’s occasional over-drinking. Imagine if this was a dailyoccurrence. Waiting, worrying, and watching the clock, wondering when,and in what state, a spouse would finally come home, and then trying tohide it all from neighbors, family and the children. Forseventeen years, this was author Alberta H. Sequeira’s existence everyday as she dealt with her husband’s Alcoholism. She loved mild-manneredRichard Lopes and witnessed how Alcohol changed him from a lovingfamily man with a successful business to a careless, angry, abusivedrunk. Written like dramatic fiction, Someone Stop ThisMerry-Go-Round: An Alcoholic Family in Crisis is a fast paced,tension-filled account of a woman’s tireless effort to keep her familytogether, her two children safe and to protect her own mental andphysical well being. Sequeira gives an honest telling of life marriedto an alcoholic-a life filled with sadness, fear, pain and despair. Sequeiradidn’t believe in divorce and was too proud to seek help from herparents, deciding to go it alone. Several times it seemed her husbandwas ready to quit his devastating lifestyle and commit fully to being agood partner and devoted father, only to have him fall back to bingeingand his alcoholic ways. This rollercoaster life took its toll onSequeira, plaguing her with frequent panic attacks and eventuallybringing her to the brink of a total breakdown. Througharguments, unpaid bills, violent rage, emotional abuse and neglect,Sequeira kept hope that her husband would eventually realize he had aproblem, and seek treatment. He never did…always believing he wasjust having a few drinks with his buddies after a hard day’s work.Sequeira takes her share of the blame for all the times she could havekicked him out, demanded he got help, or pressed charges for the abuse.I found myself cheering for her, hoping that in the end Mr. Lopes wouldchoose to save his marriage and his family. Despite being divorced fromMr. Lopes, Sequeira suffered greatly when he succumbed in 1985 to thedamage done to his body from a lifetime of drinking. Alberta H. Sequeira is a talented writer. She shows great courage not only in surviving,but in her willingness to return to these experiences when she wrotethis memoir. I believe this book could be of great help to Alcoholics,their families and even counselors. I highly recommend Someone StopThis Merry-Go-Round: An Alcoholic Family in Crisis and I look forwardto the follow-up coming soon. The sequel, Please, God, Not Two-ThisKiller Called Alcoholism details how Sequeira’s daughter, Lori Cahill,followed the same path as her fathe
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