hiya hope.....my xh was diagnosed with ptsd, also. in my hubs case, it was as big, bad, and ugly as the alcoholism.
i know there have to be people that can recover from this and have a better life....my xh wasn't one of them.....yet. maybe oneday.
my xh therapist told him that if he were to begin therapy for his past abuse as a child, that there would be many days that he would rather be in the pitts of hell than to continue with one more day of therapy, because it would be so intense and painful emotionally. the rewards of that, would be the road to recovery.
what a thing to tell an alcoholic already shivering in their shoes and crappin in their shorts, huh? i knew the moment that she told him that, all bets were off....the bottle was easier to crawl into then to face trial by fire.
i truly hope your husband can get better.
ironically, i was diagnosed from the same thing from living with his chaos, abuse, and alcoholism.