It was suicide threats that finally got my AW the help she needed. After a two week binge she was asking me to help her commit suicide. I refused and finally got her to agree to go to the ER for help. Crisis hotline was brought in and they forced her into the mental halth unit at the hospital. She spent a week there and was diagnosed as bipolar and anxiety. So far she has faithcully taken her meds and is a different person. Has not drank in three months. For her the suicide threat wound up being a blessing.