JSA

I have been happily married for 18 years to a hardcore alcoholic who had been sober 2 years before we got together. My question is the past few weeks I have smelled a faint smell of booze and he swears he is not drinking again. Any ideas why I would smell booze if he wasn't drinking? I don't want to be false accusing and I don't nag him about it but is it possible he is lying or is there something I can do to confirm he is not? Help I'm really tore up about this.

least

to SR! Short of interrogating him I don't know what else you can do. If he swears he's not drinking I'd take him at his word, for now, unless more evidence shows he's not being truthful.

Cynderino

I agree with Least. hugs!

Congrats on 20 years! (just reallized you meant your husband has 20 years - thats a lot of sobriety!)

awuh1

You can’t stop him if he decides he is going to drink. If he is an alcoholic, then this should soon become apparent as he begins to lose control of his drinking. However, for the time being I would not get in a car he is driving.

thatslife

could be mouthwash?

hellhammer

(Seen on tv that is all)i heard that people with diabetes and low sugar do smell like booze and sometimes even have to pass sobriety tests when pulled over by cops, just an totally random opinion tho, but as the other say, talkin to him is the best solution

Carlotta

Has he been checked for diabetes lately? Some diabetics do smell like alcohol when their blood sugar is off balance.

Dee74

Hi JSA

I hope it proves to be one of the other things people have suggested here

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JSA

Thanks everyone for you response.

Skye2

Carlotta beat me to it, but if it's a kind of 'pear' smell - he needs checking for diabetes. Xx

Croissant

Hammer and Carlotta have a good point.

They can also get cranky and moody. My Dad (non drinker) acted a bit like a dry drunk before he got diagnosed with diabetes, belligerent, argumentative. And that's not him!