Wow GREAT thread, Wavy!
I'm in the in between place right now, but I can tell you some the pleasures I am enjoying now that he is not drinking.....as well as the pleasures I will enjoy if I end up leaving him anyway
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The smell - dear God, the smell of death in the house at all times. My house now smells like dinner being cooked, our bedroom smells like clean linens.
I no longer sit in the drive way for 20 minutes after i get home from work ruminating about what I'm going to walk into the house to.
Pleasures I will revel in if I leave anyway - well, it might be nice to have a semi stocked liquor cabinet one day. You know, I USED to ENJOY mixing a cocktail from time to time!
I would enjoy watching MY tv - anytime, whatever I want to watch rather than listening to the same repetitive video game every evening.
I would love having my parents visit and stay (before without the fear that hell get drunk in front of them) and now, without the fear that he'll be a moody B in front of them.