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Amazingrace14
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Alcoholic Spouse
Addiction Support / by Amazingrace14
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 July 13th, 2021
...See more I have been with my husband for 20 years. He is an alcoholic. He drinks alone in his room every night and goes to bed alone. We have 3 teenage kids together. He doesn’t eat with us and rarely talks to anyone other than a few words in the evenings. During the morning and afternoon before he starts drinking he is almost a different person. He works 24 hour shifts and is home for 48 hours. On the days he is away everyone feels relief. He is not open to help, he says he doesn’t care that he is an alcoholic and he is not stopping. This is the worst is has ever been. He gets so angry with me when he is drinking for no reason, like it’d we have ran out of milk. He tells me he hates me, calls me names. We don’t even sleep in the same bed anymore, this has been the last 6 months. I keep thinking he will see what he is throwing away and make a change but it doesn’t seem like it. 2 days ago I called his sister for help with getting him to understand he needs help. He is furious I called her and will not speak to her now. He has not been home since then. I don’t know what to do. Everyone outside of our home in our small town thinks he is the nicest person, no one would ever believe this is how our family is and what we live with. I feel like I need to divorce him but I still love him and hope for a change. He tells me he no longer loves me. I may be in denial. Can anyone offer any support
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