#16151 Dr. Phil - Alcohol and Abuse

After seeing shocking home video of an alcoholic husband and a wife who violently abuses him, Dr. Phil steps in. Steve and Sheila are high school sweethearts whose lives seem normal from the outside. But cameras in their home show Steve passed out on the floor on the verge of death, while Sheila slaps, punches, kicks and stomps on him in front of their two little girls. Steve is a raging alcoholic, and his wife, Sheila, violently abuses him when he drinks. Their two young daughters witness the fighting and are trapped in a war zone. Is it too late for this family to be saved?

Find out what Dr. Phil thinks has to happen if they want to keep their children and turn their out-of-control lives around. Dr. Phil helps Steve and Sheila take the first steps to end their vicious cycle of alcoholism and abuse, and keep the kids out of the crossfire.

After the show, Dr. Phil talks with Steve and Sheila and the audience.

VHS, Running Time 45 mins, 2005