susan10051

My husband quit smoking just over 4 months now.
I am proud of him for doing that, however, he has started binge drinking.
I just found 5 empty bottles of hard liquor.
He used to drink beer and would keep in under control most of the time.
Now he is hiding the liquor, falling over when he drinks and is verbally abusive.
I don't know how to confront him on this.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Learn2Live

Good Lord, what a MESS. Honestly, I just don't get it.

What would you like to do? Do you want to continue to stay with him?

BBD

Hand him a cigeratte and tell him you would rather see him smoking......just kidding. I feel for you but I would confront him before this gets out of hand..Smiles, Bonnie

greeteachday

Welcome - I'm sorry for the reasons that brought you here but glad you have found the support. Unfortunately he is the only one that can make a decision to change, but you can decide what is acceptable to you. I have found it to be less than useless to confront an addicted loved one while they are using. It was better for me to wait until the person was sober and let them know what wasn't acceptable to me. I could not make them stop, but I could let them kno that if they were going to use, it could not be in my home.

You may want to consider Alanon. The face to face support is so helpful.

susan10051

Thanks so much for your input.
Today I spent most of the day thinking about what my next move was.
The advice from Greeteachday is really what I had been debating all along, but wasn't quite sure if I should go that route. Thank you. Now I just have to get the will power to confront.

teke

hi susan, just wanted to chime in to say WELCOME. glad you found us but i'm sorry about what you are going through. i will keep you and your family in my prayers.