Originally Posted by Mags1

Hi TheBob1, I was just like your wife except I didn't have any children. I came from a family where my dad drank, a lot, then he got nasty with my mum and all the time we had to stay in our rooms and pray he wouldn't kill her.

I've stopped, thank goodness, with a lot of hard work and this forum but reading the experiences on here I think you have to take care of you and your son. Focus on yourselves, not your wife.

I'm unsure how you do this and wish I'd known when I was young but you will learn a lot from this forum and help for families of alcoholics.

I know one thing, though, she won't stop until she wants to, nothing can make One stop until that person really wants it.