Originally Posted by
hwsm 
From what his family has told me, he quit for 13 years. After his ex cheated on him; supposedly he was devastated and began again.
I feel stong, but then it hurts all over again.
My husband was allegedly sober for 13 years. I mistakenly believed that the circus had left town for good. Once he relapsed completely, and refused to pursue recovery, and left me in an instant without ever looking back, he also said never in those years did he ever have a day he did not want to drink.
Denial for families is what keeps us as ill as the A...and will kill us just as surely.