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Lillian
06/08/08

how to cut down on my husband's drinking?I manage how much he drinks because he can't remember?

My husband,who is 76, has Alzheimer's and is taking 10 mg of Aricept once a day. The doctor wants him to stop drinking. However, when I try and cut back on the alcohol I give him, he gets really angry abuses me verbally to the point where I give in and give him more. Right now, he gets abo...

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