The medical community defines certain illness and medical conditions as “silent killers.” Diseases such as obstructive sleep apnea, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, mesothelioma and many types of cancer such as colon cancer, lung cancer, rectal cancer, and breast cancer are well known silent killers. These medical problems are called silent [...]

It is interesting to bring up something that family members who have been harmfully affected by the alcoholism of another family member apparently do not know. It seems that by protecting the alcohol dependent individual with lies and dishonesty to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have in reality created a circumstance that [...]