For what it's worth - I used to be married to an alcoholic with whom I had a child. I am a MUCH better and happier parent as a single mom than I was as a married one. Tons of hard work, but I know that my daughter is at least partially sheltered from the influences of her father's disease, and I am no longer having to "work around" his emotional manipulation and triangulation on a daily basis in order to connect with my daughter.