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Old 12-18-2010, 07:11 AM
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Rhode it sounds like both of you have agreed that you are going to be her program.

Sigh...and sorry to say, but that is a path riddled with landmines. You have essentially decided on a path of you controlling her drinking. That will threaten your relationship just as much as alcohol does, because it turns you into a parent figure to her. And, it won't work.

I would have a talk with her again and tell her you want her to seek a program of recovery for herself, independently of you, with other people, at other places than in her own home. That she will take seriously and work with the intent to recover.

That could be rehab, AA, Smart recovery, a local outpatient (day) rehab program, etc, etc.

A program of recovery will include some elements that are missing in your current plan:

She has to want to be sober more than she wants to drink. She has to acknowledge her alcoholism. A red flag came up for me when she responded to your request to stop drinking with accusations about your past behavior. If she is still thinking that her drinking is someone else's fault, (your fault)....absolutely nothing is going to happen.
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