well this is my story, except I am over a year past the "you need to GET HELP or GET OUT" stage...which he did quit drinking for one whole year! But, for me the emotional and verbal abuse got worse and worse each day...then one day he hit me! because I found out his secret of texting other women.
So now it's been a couple months with the OFP in place and while life isn't easy being a single mom, its 100x's better without him in our lives!!! My kids will only be little for a "season" it will not last forever and I know I can do it..and so can you!