Originally Posted by
MadeOfGlass He's 13...was your response lying by omission?
I told him that he could ask his dad again and I suggested Al a Teen for him at that time. Honestly, I have no physical proof that AH is currently actively drinking. Of course, I myself have suspicions but I don't have any proof. My AH told me that he's stopped drinking. Nothing more I can do about that except believe what I see and I don't actually 'see' him drinking. I didn't want to get into a discussion where I confused the boy by saying, "Well, dad did drink since you guys talked but he told me that he's done drinking now." Since AH is a binge drinker and doesn't keep it in the house, I can't prove it to either myself nor to my son. I don't think I was lying by omission, I was just giving my AH the benefit of the doubt in the present.