Originally Posted by
NWGRITS 
accepting of everything that comes with choosing to stay with an alcoholic.
this reminds me of
way back when while at work with my heavy drinking buddies
one of them said one day
"I'm just an alcoholic" with a big smile on his face
as most of the rest of us laughed out loud right along with him
then turn the pages to a few years later
he and a few of the others had been fired due to their drinking habits
as some of the rest of us had entered treatment (trying to be sober)
got divorces
lost homes
etc etc etc etc
Mountainman