Also, you might want to check out the Friends and Family of alcoholics forum as well, it's quite a bit busier than this forum and there are many posts there you can probably relate to:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...ly-alcoholics/
Also the stickies that are found at the top of the forum:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...c-reading.html (Classic Reading)