I certainly know this one. I don't know how many times I have come home and found my husband passed out with our 8 yr old daughter...I finally had to say no more..I don't let them home alone and I don't let him driver her anywhere...(not that he would take her anywhere anyway) I too have gotten to the point where I feel like this...that even though for the most part he is not a violent drunk and just usually passes out....I can not take the fact anymore that the person I am married to I can not even have a conversation with because he is usually under the influence of the alcohol....I can't take that anymore. Can I ever just have one full day where he doesn't have to drink.....!! I understand where you are coming from...he too will not talk for periods of time...I don't care anymore...I use to feel guilty like it was somehow my fault...not anymore. I think we each come to a breaking point...I know I have reached mine.