Alcoholism runs in my family. So I guess I was born with this disease. Luckily - for a deadly disease - it has an easy and foolproof cure. Stop drinking alcohol.
Chin up, Newme. There's been some real tough love on this thread, but the advice has been excellent. Find the strength within yourself.
I'm a single woman, so had no hubby to either criticise or enable my drinking or support or sabotage my sobriety. It has obviously been up to me from the get-go. I used to think it was a blessing actually to be on my own and not have to consider someone else in all this. Now I think it really doesn't matter. Achieving sobriety is always an inside job.