Originally Posted by
Santa 
Early start in drinking is a classic marker for alcoholism. I'm guessing he wasn't sober for those 8 months, he probably hid his drinking, but either way it wasn't something that was under your control or your fault in any way.
Good luck to you, lots of us have been steamrolled by relationships with alcoholics during our youth. That's why we are here, figuring things out still in most cases.
Thank you, Santa.
Yes, it might be that he lied about it and about many more things.
But I don't have a way to know for sure...
I do understand now that his actions were not my fault at all, but I gotta admit that this was the first thing I thought when we first broke up.
I came here to avoid falling in a trap like this ever again.
Hope you are ok, and thanks again.