Originally Posted by aspen1970

My alcoholic husband does everything righ on the surface--good job, generous, takes care of the house, but the drinking and depression are always there and always getting worse. I pretty much take care of the children myself so that he never drives them and so their exposure to the drinking is minimal. But am I just making it worse? The kids have asked me why I don't make him stop. They are 11 and 7. We rarely socialize because I don't want to be out somewhere when the drinking gets out of hand. I don't want my family to see how bad it is. He knows he has to stop but I never see any improvement. Actually I'm astonished when I look back over the past few years and see how bad it has gotten. I feel so sad for the kids because they know things aren't good. I wish I could find some help for them. Maybe they could see that they aren't the only ones.