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Old 11-23-2012, 04:09 PM
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If your husband is an alcoholic--and it looks as if that is so--then your child has an alcoholic father and will have an alcoholic father for life. Alcoholism is a permanent condition and it requires vigorous daily recovery on the part of the alcoholic to stay abstinent.

If you would like to read about the inability of alcoholics to control their relationship with alcohol, you can read the first three chapters of the AA Big Book online at Big Book Online Fourth Edition.

And if you would like to learn about what your husband's alcoholism can do to your mental, emotional and physical health, you can find a local Al-Anon meeting and begin weekly attendance (two meetings a week would be even better). Google "Al-anon. org" and you'll be able to find a local meeting. Most especially, pick up a copy of the pamphlet "Alcoholism: A Merry-Go-Round Called Denial."

This is a very serious issue, with lifelong consequences for you and for your child. So I hope very much you will take action toward finding help and support for yourself. And SR can be a valuable addition to your local resources. Please do not try to handle this issue alone. You will make many mistakes if you do, and not even realize it.
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