seven years ago I split from the ABF in my life....after 2 years of no contact..we now chat on the phone as friends....he is STILL living the same way and worse with girlfriends and he hasn't stopped drinking, he has picked up a pain pill addiction and continues the same cycle with every gf.
It brought closure to me and great gratitude that I am out of it.
If I had stayed NOTHING at all would have changed, it would have just gotten worse...it did anyway for him..but not for ME.