soverysad06

AH is in an inpatient treatment facility at the moment. This is voluntary after a severed drunken episode that had him admitted unvoluntarily due to suicide threats. He was in for about 2 1/2 days, came out, and said that he was not going to stop drinking. I told him I wouldn't come home with our daughter. He said fine, stay at your mom's and I'll see you on Monday. Well, I guess on Monday when I didn't come home, he started to realize I meant business. He agreed to go on Wed, then backed out and said he would go on Thursday, which he did finally do, but only after 1 last ditch effort. Well, now he's there and he seems real good. He was a "functioning" alcoholic for a while. We both look back, see things that we swept under the carpet, etc. He has agreed to a 28 day program, but that may not be possible. We're working on that.

So, he has admitted it. He knows he can't control his drinking, wishes he could, but knows he can't. He has said, I don't know if I can apologize enough. He misses his child, probably more than he misses me. He had lost his job, which is when things went downhill, and is looking forward to finding a job, not in the same field. I KNOW he loves me and our daughter. I know that he never meant for it to go this far.

My question is this. Can he succeed the first time? I know him, the man I met nearly 8 years ago, I know him and he has actually made me the strong person I am today. He is the reason I stood my ground and said, inpatient, or no more us. Are there some good success stories that can give me hope? I am still guarded, but I need some hope.

Thanks in advance

CarolD

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I did reply to you in the AA forum....

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