I have lost my best friend.
Again, thank you to everyone for posting.
I would really like to hear, I suppose, my version of a success story. A success story to me is one in which the husband chooses a life of sobriety and can be a full partner.
My husband was my best friend. We did everyting together. We don't have children. He always drank, but in the last year (or two), he has become progressively worse. I have lost him. Before this downward spiral, we traveled together, and had great times together doing everything from the mundane to the spectacular. We spent a lot of time together.