Sir, I felt the need to understand for years. The things that had happened were such a blow....and much of it so unneccesary to my way of thinking. I had to understand what had happened to me.
What I have not seen mentioned here is that alcoholism is progressive.
Unless she make deep life altering changes it will get worse and worse.
More than a decade down the road, he has had serial girlfriends, short lived and has learned nothing. He also still drinks.
I would not have survived that all these years.