Welcome to the SR family!
You will find plenty of support and information here at SR. I found the stickies at the top of each section very helpful. The wisdom of others who have walked the walk and talked the talk.
I am a recovering alcoholic, married to an active alcoholic. As part of my recovery I educated myself on alcoholism. Reading everything I can get into my head. I found this thread under our alcoholism section very helpful in understanding how an alcoholic becomes physically and mentally addicted:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...influence.html
As someone dealing with an active alcoholic, I have started attending Alanon meetings. Not to fix the alcoholic, but to work on me. My issues, my life. Alanon encourages non-addicts to learn about alcoholism, too.
Make yourself at home; read and post as needed.