Shazz

My husband has been in out of recovery his whole life for alcoholism and drug addiction. As long as I've known him I have never seen him drink or do drugs until now. I have been seeing symptom's of drug abuse emerging. Nothing tangible just deceitful behavior regarding finances and symptoms which are very pronounced.
I want to discuss my concerns just not sure how to go about it. Any advice is truly appreciated..

Opivotal

Welcome Shazz

I'm not sure your Husband will admit to anything if he's in active addiction.

If it were me, I would confront him with my suspicions Lay it out there, but expect he'll try and hide the truth.

Then again, maybe he's ready to admit his problem and ask for help. Hard for me to predict what he'll do .

We have a wonderful Friends and Family forum, you may want to check out.

Good luck!

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least

I would also confront him and ask him what he plans to do to get clean and sober.

I hope he decides to get clean.

PurpleKnight

Welcome to the Forum Shazz!!

mns1

Welcome Shazz

OldTomato

Like the others said, bring it up to him but be prepared for him to deny it!

Shazz

I confronted him. I told him I noticed all of the signs and he did admit to it. I asked what we need to do, he said he'd speak with his sponsor (AA) is that enough. Should I contact his sponsor or is that overstepping the situation? I'm truly at a loss

Anna

Who knows if that's enough? It might be or might not be. I'm not in AA but I know that recovery involves a lot of motivation and hard work. Is he prepared to do that? I hope so. I hope also that you find support for yourself. Have you tried AlAnon?

OldTomato

If he has a good sponsor then him contacting them should be helpful. They've been through it all themselves before after all! I wouldn't recommend you get in contact with the sponsor yourself though.