Your loved one’s occasional beer after work has become a habit. They’ve taken to hiding bottles of wine and failing to fulfil obligations. If that’s not evidence enough, once they can’t fall asleep without a nightcap, you suspect they have a drinking problem. Now what? Alcoholism is a serious matter, and you may find it hard to approach the drinker about it for fear of how they’ll react. Here are answers to some frequent questions by people with a loved one who drinks too much. When is someone alcohol dependent? It’s difficult to say at what point alcohol addiction begins. “It develops gradual…