gingerrogers

Just having a tough evening. Husband came home drunk and belligerent.

Happier

Welcome. Sorry to hear that. There is always someone here that gets it. You can read and post anywhere but it sounds like you may want to check out the Friends and Family of forums. Certainly plenty of people in that there that can relate.
Wishing you a calm and peaceful evening.

Dee74

welcome to SR ginger.
I'm sorry for your situation but I know you'll find support here.

do check out our Family and Friends forums too

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gingerrogers

Thanks, I am also new at forums. I will check them out.

gingerrogers

I guess I need both forums because I am a recovering alcoholic myself. Three days shy of 14 months.

Dee74

you're welcome here too - just giving you more options

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Happier

You are very welcome here too! Congrats on 14 months. About to get 13 myself.
Glad you joined us. I hope you keep reading and posting.

honeypig

ginger, welcome to SR! I post/read mostly in the Family and Friends section, so I hope to see you there. We have a number of "double winners" there, people like yourself who are both recovering alcoholics themselves and family/friends of alcoholics, too. It's great to be able to get the perspective of someone who has been on both sides of the fence, so to speak.

My hub is an alcoholic in very early recovery (just over a month now); he does AA and I do Alanon plus a Buddhist 12-step group. It is amazing to me, in talking to him, how different the emphasis can be between AA and Alanon, for all that they use the same 12 steps and so on. I find it extremely useful to hear that viewpoint from the "other side", and you might, too.

I think you'll find this forum pretty easy to use, but if you have any trouble, please don't hesitate to ask, OK? It would be a shame for us to lose out on your input b/c it's not clear how to use some function of the forums.

Again, welcome, and looking forward to hearing more from you.

Opivotal

Welcome gingerrogers! We also have a Chat Room, why not stop by? Lots of great people there and terrific support.