Originally Posted by
Franticwife 
she has known from the start that you didn't love her, and I just wonder if that is the reason she started drinking.
I've spent a lot of time cultivating the belief that no one causes another person's alcoholism.
I didn't cause it.
I can't control it.
I can't cure it.
I have compassion for a woman whose husband does not love her.
I also have compassion for a man whose wife is drinking alcoholically, thereby rendering her unable to parent their children.
This is a sad situation. For everyone.