I am not worried about verbal abuse. He gets that it won't be tolerated from me--plus I can just toss him out. He has this way of making me feel bad. Of course we argue over his addiction and in the past when that happens I didn't have any problem laying into him either about abandoning his family for alcohol, being selfish, being a loser etc. He makes me feel bad, because now he just says things about himself like " I know I am a loser, a drunk, I am stupid,..." I think he is using reverse psychology one me! (LOL) That's one of the reasons I had to stop doing that, it makes me feel terrible, it's inappropriate, solves nothing and he remembers it FOREVER! One time he cried and said he hated when I say those things because he cares about what I think of him. Not productive--doesn't change anything.
Anyway--what do you think? Am I asking for trouble?