Originally Posted by
wombat57 
Hi all
) Thank you so very very very very much for all your replies and your support! I think the biggest problem in my OH's case is that he does not admit there is no such thing as "HAD a drinking problem". In alcoholism there is no past tense. I am very open with him, and he knows I posted on here. Hopefully he will also read the replies and at least realize it is not worth it even risking it for a glass of wine. Once again, thank you very much.
The first step in a 12 step program is admitting you are powerless to alcohol. It seems that your OH is still in very big denial. Even the alcoholics that have worked through all the 12 steps need to keep on working on that, it's a lifelong commitment To keep them away from going back to square one. Without all the tools, resources and support, lifelong sobriety is 100 times harder to achieve.