7 ways you can help your partner get over drug addiction
You can help a partner fighting addiction We can’t decide what’s more unfortunate – the fact that a staggering portion …
10 ways to get your husband to quit smoking
In college, whenever we saw a senior smoke, we used to shout the anti smoking ad that had a catchy …
5 ways drug addiction can ruin your relationship
How drugs cause disasters There’s a reason why they say that too much of anything isn’t good for you – …
My husband was a wonderful man, except when he got drunk
(As told to Sidharth Bharati) I am today a mother of two, and a battered, shaken and too-cold-to-cry wife who …
My wife won’t let me drink, but my lover does!
(As told to Priya Chaphekar) Once married, most Indian men I know prefer to drink with their boy gang or …
Rejected by her alcoholic father because I was an addict too
Keshav Mishra tells the story of how he married his wife Trupti after a family drama involving the police, their parents and his divorce lawyer brother
My boyfriend, drugs and me
Last Friday saw the release of the movie Udta Punjab which deals with the menace of drugs, drug abuse, and its impact on the youth. To know what drug abuse does to relationships, read this powerful first person account
A husband sober after 17 years of alcoholism. Can the wife trust him?
Alcoholism brings other problems in tow. Like physical, mental, sexual and financial abuse in this case. Even when an alcoholic is ready to move past that and stay sober, how easy is it for the victim to trust him or her? Jaseena Backer tells the story of a couple struggling to get their marriage back on their feet after alcohol abuse.
A dreamy love story that became a real-life nightmare
Shagufta Kalim writes about a couple that went from being married young, having children and a happy family, to facing challenges, emotional fallout and domestic abuse, before the wife decided to wake up from the nightmare.
Wife accepted his addiction, yet he quits smoking to protect their marriage
His wife never nagged him about his smoking addiction. He didn’t give up even when his cousin died of cancer. Then what drove Don to suddenly quit smoking?