If your spouse, sibling, parent, a close friend, or relative is addicted to alcohol, some tips are coming from experts on how you can help them with their problem. Alcohol addiction, or any addiction for that matter, is a mental health issue. The person with the problem is the only one who can will himself to stop what he’s doing unless he is forced to check in to rehab or be imprisoned. According to Steve Bressert, Ph.D. , “Studies indicate that many people drink as a means of coping with modern life and its accompanying economic stress, job stress and marital discord.”