Originally Posted by
dandylion TonightTonight, his hiding the bottles and drinking really have nothing to do with you (except, maybe to avoid the possible nagging). He isn't drinking at you--he is doing what alcoholics do--they drink alcohol. He is drinking to quiet the war-zone between himself and the disease in his brain. He isn't drinking to deliberately hurt you. When the compulsion to drink is intense--the alcoholic can only think of alcohol and relief of the pain. I am just saying not to think he is trying to hurt you--it really isn't personal... dandylion
I keep reading that they drink to "relieve the pain". May I ask, what pain??