Originally Posted by
trailmix 
Made a little modification on that sentence Forevertoolong. Anyway, My parent's divorced, but I was a teenager (Father was an alcoholic). So being older, not a big deal.
However, I agree with SK, children do adapt, they will probably be about as upset as you show them to be, you know what I mean? Reassurance that Mom and Dad will still both be in their lives etc etc, will go a long way.
It is not pleasant for children to live in a house where there is arguing and drinking (this I know well), it's unsettling and scary. You are actually doing a good thing for them, I hope you know that.
Oh I love this! That is SO true - he is so happy that he won't have to feel any shame for his beahviour and he can drink when he wants as much as he wants! When you think about it like that, it is actually pretty sad.