Originally Posted by
Pigtails 
He has been diagnosed with ADD, rather recently.
For the first 9 months or so of our relationship he would tell me he has ADD (and I knew he did-- it was quite obvious, along with anxiety issues) so I told him to go seek help for it. Since then he has been diagnosed with it, given medication for it under an NP's care, and is also in counseling/therapy.
He has actually made great strides including with the amount/frequency of his drinking and now it is just mainly an annoyance-- like every event has to include alcohol and he always wants to stop and buy some beer on the way home or whatever-- I start to wish we could just hang out sober, but he does not get super drunk like he used to. But I just get worried that it will go back to how it was.
Oh okay. I have ADD too and can definitely relate to the not knowing what to do with your own head thing. He shouldn't be drinking if he's on medication because the alcohol makes it not work right. That's pretty much why I don't drink. Living with ADD seems almost like being a recovering alcoholic in that it's a lifestyle you have to work at. I hope your boyfriend stops drinking so that he can develop a sense of self. Being diagnosed with ADD as an adult was, for me anyway, kind of like being reborn but with a huge reality slap on the side.