amy55 we had been separated a few weeks when they went Facebook official. So I am guessing the time period was even sooner then that and this was before we even went to court for a separation. So technically we were just living apart. His drug of choice is crack but he drinks also. He has not stopped drinking if anything he began drinking more since I made him move out. His girlfriend and him go out to bars all the time. She actually posted a picture of her self with a broken foot saying that she was clumsy and fell down the steps. After 8 years of living with him I know how abusive he is when he is high and drunk. If he would abuse his own wife and child he will abuse anyone. He pays child support through the courts already. I was able to get that once he was five days late which did not take long.