Dear Family: You’re right that one person’s struggles with alcohol can and do affect the whole family. And your personal ...

His 12-year-old daughter has given him grief about being in bed so much. He and my daughter have fought over this in the past, but I think she has given up and accepted that something terrible will ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

A woman is distressed watching her daughter and granddaughters cope with her son‑in‑law’s alcoholism and wonders whether a ...

My son-in-law is struggling with alcoholism, and it is very hard for me to watch my daughter struggle with some of the same problems my mother did. (My father was an alcoholic who for most of my young ...

He misses family gatherings, especially at the holidays, he is often asleep all day after drinking most of the night.

Family still needs us — but family also needs us to be honest about our health and address early symptoms when they crop up.

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a engaged couple's dispute about whether or not to invite the best ...

DEAR ABBY: A good friend of mine, “Louis,” has big problems. He is in his 60s, and although he’s 50% disabled, he can still work custodial jobs. His sister, “Gayle,” who lives 500 miles away, asked ...

As to what you should advise Louis about his living situation: Since he burned his bridges in the town from which he relocated and doesn’t have the funds to move out of his sist ...

My college girlfriend and I (both women) were together for four years, through a pandemic, graduation, and almost a year of ...

Squatter, be gone.