Hugs, DYankee. I'm glad to hear that he went into detox; it's up to him to make it work. I'm glad you've got a bit of a breather and hope that maybe your other children support you with this.
I'm sorry to hear about your malamute, too. This will be our first year without my sister's malamute, SashaBear, for Christmas as well. Sasha was 12 and had been born on my birthday. It's going to be hard without her pilfering homemade cookies and entire loaves of bread as they cool, knocking the tree over as she leaned on it to check out the wrapped presents under it. The big ole goof ball.
Wishing you peace and continued strength.