You have received advice, recommendations, warnings and heartfelt
sharing from people who have been in relationships or have been
alcoholics. You are so very fortunate to have this experience - many
wish they had had it years and decades ago.
I like analogies. To me, a relationship with an addict/alcoholic is like
the journey of life. But instead of sharing it with someone who loves
you and wants to grow with you and marvel and share in all the
experiences you will have and create, you will not. Your journey
will be filled with sorrow, confusion, loneliness and self- loathing
as you both slowly and completely spiral downward under the
baffling, cunning, and powerful influence of alcoholism.
Only someone is who unhealthy themselves would knowingly
choose this path. Take care of you & your daughter.