I'm guilty of wondering if my AH will ever recover and holding onto hope like a monkey riding a horse in a 3 ring circus. I've quit doing that.
Sometimes, when you think, this has got to be their bottom... they always go back for more. The bottom line is, they have to want it.
My AH has a long drinking career if that's what you want to call it. Over 40 years to be exact and he's 55 years old. He sobered up for 20 of those years and he's been a drunk for the last 4 years. When will enough be enough? When he says he's had enough. His words have to coincide with his actions though for me to believe it. I've stopped listening... but I'm watching.