SILENT HURTS
ALCOHOL ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Video:
Addressing Alcohol-Related Domestic Violence

[TRANSCRIPT PREPARED FROM A TAPE RECORDING.]

FOCUSING ON AREAS FOR CHANGE
	
THERAPIST:  Well, it does sound like the alcohol isn't as helpful as it was 
            in the beginning to help you to relax.  It sounds like it can 
            sometimes have a different effect.

SHEILA:     I think we probably--it seems to be accelerating something, yeah.  
            But I have to, I mean, I can't keep doing what I've been doing 
            either.  I mean, I need to relax. I just want to find something 
            to help me deal with this situation.  Now, with this thing with 
            my daughter happening, I--

THERAPIST:  What is your concern about your daughter, the biggest concern 
            that you have about her right now?

SHEILA:     I think because she doesn't, I know how to handle this.  I mean, 
            I'm a grown-up, and he can tell me what I have to do, and I know
            I have to do it, and this is my job. I'm the one who keeps 
            everybody going.  But she's just this girl.  I mean, she's 16,
            and she's, she can't, she can't do what I can do, and I--I'm 
            worried that they're just going to lay on each other, and I just,
            I don't want her to get hurt.

THERAPIST:  And that's what you're worried about right now it sounds like.

SHEILA:     I can't, I can't think about what could happen if we don't help
            keep her protected. [End of Recorded Section.]