Yes, this entire year has been me taking one stand after another. Each time I feel more empowered and heal that much more, giving fewer and fewer Fs about what he or his family thinks. This most recent one is the biggest one. The angriest he ever got with me while we were together was when I would bring up his drinking, so I rarely did. I lived with the constant threat of tragedy hanging over my head. It's only sheer dumb luck that nothing too horrible has happened yet - there has surely been plenty of potential for it over the years.
But now I'm in full mama bear mode. I can't live like that anymore. I have to do this. My lawyer is working on a motion this weekend to file next week.