I'm posting this for a friend in need of some kind of marriage/ alcohol related counseling. it's a thai/falang marraige where the thai woman goes on these binge drunks and drinks until she pukes and passes out. it's devestating my falang friend, who doesn't understand 'sanook' [as his Thai wife describes it] their marriage will be on the rocks if they don't get some professional english/thai speaking counseling help. any recomendations or am i posting in the wrong area??

thanks in advance.......jd

I'm posting this for a friend in need of some kind of marriage/ alcohol related counseling.  it's a thai/falang marraige where the thai woman goes on these binge drunks and drinks until she pukes and passes out.  it's devestating my falang friend, who doesn't understand 'sanook' [as his Thai wife describes it]  their marriage will be on the rocks if they don't get some professional english/thai speaking counseling help.  any recomendations or am i posting in the wrong area??

thanks in advance.......jd

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GOOGLE "AA Thailand"

I'm posting this for a friend in need of some kind of marriage/ alcohol related counseling.  it's a thai/falang marraige where the thai woman goes on these binge drunks and drinks until she pukes and passes out.  it's devestating my falang friend, who doesn't understand 'sanook' [as his Thai wife describes it]  their marriage will be on the rocks if they don't get some professional english/thai speaking counseling help.   any recomendations or am i posting in the wrong area??

thanks in advance.......jd

GOOGLE "AA Thailand"

Yes, AA for her -- and al-anon for you, whether or not she goes to AA it will help you deal with it. They have a branch in Thailand. I don't know the website but forAA

Al-Anon meets at 5:00 pm Tuesdays and 4:30 pm Saturdays at Holy Redeemer Rectory in the small conference room, off the rectory office. AA has meetings at the same times, same days (as well as other days at the location) in the bigger conference room.

There are Thai AA meeting(Thai language) in Bangkok on Tuesdays at 12.00 noon at St Louis hospital. You can get Thai literature at the Holy Redeemer Rectory on Ruam Rudee soi 5.

Up country there are Thai AA meetings, see www.aathailand.org for details.

Alcohol has kept my marriage together for 9 years strong