Hi Lakegirl,
I once read about a family where the father had a mental illness that was being treated yet was still unpredictable. He decided to move out in order to protect his children and give them more stability within their home.
The alcoholic voice wants to protect the disease rather than looking out for children. Yet, if the result becomes the same, perhaps I can open my heart to gifts God brings to me, even (or especially) when they aren't the ones I was asking for.
My husband has always refused to leave the home and I've needed to leave with our son.
No one path, yet many new opportunities. The saying 'more will be revealed' has become a good thing. I'm not to be forever left in limbo. I get to take care of myself, child and this day at hand. More is revealed in timeframes that gives me new recovery skills to deal with life in new ways.
Mango