I tried every trick in the book to control the amount of alcohol I was drinking. Including outting 4 or 5 drinks in a large cup and calling it 1 drink. The fact of the matter was once I had the first drink I had no control whatsoever over how much, how long, or what would happen when I was drinking. Every bout was a roll of the dice and bad things didn't happen every time, but they happened and pretty regularly. When looking at my drinking history I have two lists...already happened and hasn't happened yet. My hasn't happened yet list has gotten awful short. Hooking into Alanon can be real useful for suffering families. Hope this helps. Take care of you. If your husband is an alcoholic it can and will get worse. But only he can determine that.