Alcohol kept me in relationships I would not have stayed in if I were sober. Now I'm sober and I'll be damn sure whoever I let into my life is worthy.
I don't even mean to suggest I was with abusive or bad people. Drinking chipped away at my self esteem and I used relationships as a salve to avoid my own problems.
Sometimes alcohol did cause me to put myself at risk with unsafe people.
Now that I know better, I'll do better
