Originally Posted by Hopeworks

Whatever you do.... go very cautiously on the decision to have a child. As a adult child of an alcoholic (ACOA) I can tell you it will bind you to your wife forever with a child together... and alcoholism is a progressive disease.

Do not be surprised if the alcoholic binges start sooner and last longer or some crisis or tragedy happens as things get worse as they often do in these types of cases with chronic alcoho lic drinking episodes.