Originally Posted by
sodasoba 
You ppl seem to be all lucky enough to have partners and families, however difficult.
Try imagining it where the AV is your only connect other than the work and
economic ties carefully calculated.
I read the posts here and am quietly astonished that alcoholics.....have wives?......partners, still ?
Then start wondering......maybe these guys aren't really that gone yet.
Hi SS. And hello group from March 2020!!
My experience is my wife put up with an abnoxious drunk man around for over 15 years. Remarkable powers of faithfulness and patience. And then one day she'd had enough and my life fell apart.
If I could go back and change one thing in my life it would be to get sober earlier, to avoid the pain I've caused her and my family. And I often beg people on here to learn from my experience because no matter how loving and patient the person in your life, we all have limits.
People are remarkably resilient and Put up with us being drunks. Until they don't any more.
July 2020 take the chance life has given you - get sober and build from the bottom up (if you have to).