Thanks for the kind words.
After a long chat this evening with my AW (picking up the lingo) I could see the anger building in her voice so tried to diffuse the situation, but it was too late.
I've been informed that it's my fault that she has a drink problem, as it's caused by boredom and I don't keep her occupied enough every waking moment that she's not at work.
She summerised with the usual.. 'maybe I should take up smoking or eating junk food and become obese instead hey?'