###Human: How can I treat a patient addicted to alcohol? ###Assistant: Hello. First, you need to listen to your friend, her pain, her feelings. Most of the people just want someone to listen. They do not do it to know the solution of the problem but just to pour out the stress and internal conflict from their mind. After two to three sessions of listening you can slowly start making her understand when her mind is light after ventilating things and is more receptive. You need to tell her that alcohol is not the solution of her problems. Alcohol would lead to addiction disorder and it would be harmful to her physical and mental health both. Running away from any problem does not solve it. You can then convince her to get psychatric consultation, if she finds it hard to go to some one and facing them, online chat consultation is the solution. If she needs my help, I would be happy to help her.