Originally Posted by aasharon90

My 25 yr marriage ended because my husband didnt
understand me after I got sober. And it was him who
sent me to rehab. He just couldnt understand why I
changed and wouldnt do all the things i did when I drank.

And he doesnt have a problem with alcohol. I was the
one that couldnt and wouldnt stop. I loved alcohol to much
but it surely hated me.

Anyway....

I coped the best I could for my 25 yr marriage taking my sobriety
seriously and avoiding the negativity by escaping to meetings
or anything to stay sober.

My husband just didnt understand me as an alcoholic because it
wasnt just about not drinking. I changed mentally, emotionally,
physically, spiritually and didnt do all those not so healthy things
when I was drinking. Alcohol kept me sick for so long and I got
heathy in mind body and soul.

It takes an alcoholic to know one. If they are not alcoholics then that have no idea what one is. Sad to say because it ended our marriage.

20 yrs later and Im remarried 2 yrs now to someone in recovery as well where he works his program and I mine. We are supportive of each others recovery and live happy joyous and free each day alcohol free.

My sobriety is just important to me now than it was my first day sober.