You need to draw a line that can’t be crossed, says Annalisa Barbieri. Either he seeks treatment or you leave
I have been with my husband for 10 years, married for four, and he has a drinking problem. We met in our early 20s and started our relationship long-distance. I relocated to the UK and we moved in together. Early on, he would go out and come back much later than he had promised, leaving me unsure if I should be worried or angry. We would have massive and unproductive fights. We had to cancel plans as he was too hungover.
I made up my mind that I would leave him if his behaviour did not change. The next time it happened, I left for the day. He finally took me seriously, became scared of losing me, and this behaviour stopped. But in the following years, we got into a cycle of me finding empty bottles of alcohol hidden around the house, him promising to change, then me finding empty bottles again.
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