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Old 04-21-2008, 01:29 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I dont seem to be capable.
You've seen for yourself what kind of results that kind of thinking brought about in your AH: NOTHING. You know your husband is capable of stopping; he just doesn't want to. Same goes for you. You're capable of moving on; you just don't want to.

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If nothing else, I want to stay friends,
Now, this you can do. But take it from me, it's no easier watching a friend drink themself to death than it is a loved one.

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and would like for him to not die of alcoholism.
I wanted the same thing for my alcoholic boyfriend (and we did remain friends until the end), yet he still drank himself to death.
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