When my husband asked to move back home, I just simply replied "sure all you have to do is stop drinking ..for good" ... and of course he had to reply back "but I can't stop drinking when I am living by myself, I need to be with my family or I won't be able to stop". That response always use to drive me crazy ... he lived with our family for over 20 years and made our lives miserable because he ALWAYS drank no matter what we did or said. There were many times in the past, I used to let him move back in and it never made any long term difference he just keep on drinking and trying to hide it, like he had for years. Instead of just destroying his own life ... he wanted to make sure he made 3 other lives miserable everyday in the process.