Counseling went ok. It was our first time together so most of it was spent getting to know my husband and his background. She was very focused on how he grew up and life circumstances since then. I know it has a lot to do with his pain. But I don’t care. Big boys make big boy choices. Alcohol use only came up one time basically. Husband said that he can drink socially now and he’s good and he can handle it. The therapist sort of nodded her head and I’m sure we will revisit that again. An hour just isn’t a lot of time to get things going.
We are leaving in six hours to go to his brothers for the weekend. It’s my understanding that the brother had removed all the alcohol in the house. While I think that is a nice gesture, it screams that we have a huge problem. My boundary is, if husband drinks I will not be around him. I don’t know if that means leaving the room or leaving and coming home. But that is my boundary.