I Am Married to An Alcoholic Stories of Experiences

All I ask is why do you hurt the people u love the most? No excuses. Be real. Why do you do it? What is the cause???

I met my husband 7 years ago and it was love at first sight. We worked together and became friends. I knew he had issues and drank a lot and did drugs. He also had a gf so I never tried anything with him. I moved away for college. When...

I married my husband almost 11 years ago. When we met, he was a recovering alcoholic who had been sober for six years. He remained sober for three more years after we got married. His downfall was ordering a virgin drink on a cruise...

Christmas was awful because of her drinking, but eventually she came out of it and I took the opportunity to let her know how badly it had upset me. Miraculously, she took what I said to heart and the good news is that she didn't drink...

If only people could see the person I see night after night. The person who when sober, is everybody's friend and fun loving. And when he's drunk, he's Satan. The anger and frustration that I keep inside is near boiling point.

I...

I'm not sure about using this platform to express my anger anymore, but then again, I'm not sure about anything anymore. I know I've written stories about my man and how dysfunctional our relationship is and here I sit angry and doing...

I've been reading your stories. I see a varied bunch of experiences with common threads. But what I don't understand is how eager people seem to be to condemn you once you've decided you need to walk away from your alcoholic. Sure...

Like the first time you realized he drank just a little too much. You gave him a pass because it happens to all of us from time to time.

Or when it finally hit you that he was near wasted every time he drove you home. But everyone...

I have always tuned down the fact that I was married to an alcoholic.  I always stated that I would be done once he crosses the line; the line being him getting a DUI.  Well, he has crossed that line and now I'm lost.

Am I fated for pain and turmoil???
As a child I had an alcoholic father which affected me greatly..I was very angry and as a young teenager became a compulsive gambler. I struggled with this until I was in my mid 30's when through...

Am I fated for pain and turmoil???
As a child I had an alcoholic father which affected me greatly..I was very angry and as a young teenager became a compulsive gambler. I struggled with this until I was in my mid 30's when through...

I posted a story here back in 2010 on the situation here at home. First let me state that you get only half a story here and you are only hearing my side of it. I have more than made my share of mistake's in this marriage and I am not...

I need advise! I have been married to a man I love over 17 years. The last 5 he has been drunk almost constantly. Not mean just sweet at home unemployed and emotionally distant. I have learned to spend time alone or with friends to...

I've been married to an alcoholic for four years.  When we first started dating, I was a social drunk and we got drunk together. I thought he was just like me.  It wasn't until we got married that I noticed how bad his drinking really...

Hi..I'm married to an alcoholic..he doesn't think he has a problem...He drinks in the evenings (beer) in the past 3 days he went through a 30 pack...i hate the smell and what a jerk he becomes to me...I went to my first Al-anon meeting...

My wife continues to battle her alcohol addiction, and I continue to battle my anger and frustration.  I just looked back and realized it’s been over a year since I first posted in this group.  Now I find myself getting caught in...

Last night, my husband and I went to a potluck with the members of my dream group, a group I have been meeting with monthly for over ten years. Someone proposed that we have a gathering and invite our spouses.  I told my husband...

I was raised in a christian home so there was never any alcohol in our home. I was not allowed to go to partie's so I was not around it. I did a little drinking when I first joined the service just to be part of the crowd. Lucky for me...

There.  I can say it even if she can't or won't.

I know it's a disease, one that I'm fairly familiar with in my family, but it still pisses me off.  Is that unfair on my part?  Perhaps, but it's reality.

Part of me...

I sit here in the middle of the night.  Knowing the course that I should take but not feeling the ability to take it.

Four hours ago, I made love to my wife for the first time in months.  If that is what you want to call...