Originally Posted by
dingodog 
My husband doesn't have this alcohol problem, he really doesn't understand why people can't just put it down, or moderate. He doesn't even believe its a disease it all. He says its lack of willpower, and just plain old being selfish! I wouldn't wish this disease on anyone, but he truly doesn't get it.
My drinking has escalted in the past nine years. I never ever dreamed I would be this bad. I started out a a social drinker for many years. So yes, this is a progressive disease, and it scares me.
This ^. My husband is pretty similar. In some ways he is very supportive, but in others, like in a basic understanding of this disease, he's a little lacking. He too views it a personal failing, rather than a disease. He can moderate his alcohol intake, so why can't I? that sort of thing.
Also, it has absolutely been progressive for me. When I tried to sign up here earlier this year and start getting help/posting, it said I was already a member (!) and I had to get my password emailed to me. Apparently that was because I had started an account 8 or 9 years earlier (probably while drunk b/c I don't remember doing it) and then never posted or came back. All of those years - in between - it absolutely progressed.
Anyway, thanks for those of you who wished me luck on my first mtg. It was a good experience and I made a couple of new sober buddies IRL. Hung out with one of them last night and am going to another meeting tonight. One day at a time, right.