Now HERE'S an interesting development
AH and I will be seeing a marriage counselor on Monday evening. Because I set up the appointment (naturally), I made sure to find one who is also a certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor. I do not believe my AH knows that the therapist is also an addiction counselor.
Anyhoo...to me this whole thing smacks of my AH's last, desperate attempt to magically fix our marriage in a way that involves me admitting how wrong I am and him being able to continue to drink. My hope for the sessions is that we can learn some communication skills that will help us co-parent after I leave, and that I will have a safe place, away from the kids, to tell him of my departure when that time comes. Those are my hopes. Naturally, I have zero expectations about the whole thing.