I think 6 months is AMPLE time. You say you need the time to get your finances in order? Isn't he costing you more than he's helping you financially? Suboxone isn't cheap. I know what it feels like to endure years of this. I look back now and really struggle with disgust with myself for putting up with it so long. Giving him chance after chance, being lied to again and again and again. By giving him until dec 31, you're signing up for 6 more months of this. My guess is that the 'holidays' will roll around, you'll get sentimental and he'll be going nowhere. That's what it would be for me anyway.