Welcome to the SR family!
I hope you will stick around. This is a wonderful place for support and information. Please feel free to share, vent and read as often as needed.
Some of our stories are in the permanent posts at the top of this forum. I find inspiration in those posts by reading the stories of others who have already walked the path I am now on. The path of recovery from living with the drama of a loved one and their addiction to alcohol.
Here is a link to one of my favorite posts from the top of this main page. I followed these steps and they helped me find my focus while living with alcoholism:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...l-problem.html
I can relate to hearing the alcoholic say he will do x, y, and z; and believing him. Only problem is the alcoholic was telling me what I wanted to hear at the time. The promised behavior of x, y and z was just another manipulation to keep me off balance. I learned from the members hear to stop listening to the words of an alcoholic and look at their actions. Do the actions match the words?