Mine was a long drawn-out bottom line. He didn't drink because he was on DUI probation. That ended, and I waited. Within 3 weeks, he had ramped back up to a couple of binge nights a week. Sometimes I took him by the hand to bed so my ds wouldn't see him. The moment of rock-bottom was when he turned around in the bedroom, still holding my hand, and said "I love you, drunk or sober". The next day (after the hangover was over), I told him I was no longer willing to live with an active alcoholic. Then I went about my business, not waiting for him to slip up, just trusting that the way would open for us. So when he took my son out for a treat, and had a drink, the consequences of his decision became my call to action. His sister thinks that was my rock-bottom; but it wasn't. That had come weeks before.
- Sylvie