New here- hoping for support
Last week I was assaulted by my fiance after we returned from the bar for St. Patrick's day. He's had alcohol issues in the past, attended court-mandated AA meetings, and came out of it saying "I'm not an alcoholic because of XYZ".
Fast forward a year after his last AA meeting- he became violently angry at me, threw empty beer bottles at me, hit, kicked, punched, and injured me. He has been in jail for the last week on domestic violence charges.
Despite all that's happened, I do still love this man, but I refuse to put myself in a position where he could hurt me again, and I refuse to be in a relationship with him until he admits to himself that he has an addiction to alcohol.
He is being bailed out from jail today by his friends, and I plan on speaking with him afterwards to see if he is still blaming me/stress/work/life on his abuse, or if he has hit rock bottom and is ready to change.
This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions for me. I go from being angry at him, to being scared for him, to being ready to move on.
I really don't know where I'm going with this post, but some support would be nice right now. I have information on a few residential treatment programs in our community, but I don't want to come off as pushy.
I hope to get to "know" everyone.
-B