Hi Kerri

Have you attended any face to face al anon meetings?  If not I would definatly recommend some I am going to post a chapter from The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous called To Wives  I hope it helps some.  I would encourage a face to face meeting for you and your family to help you deal with this issue... Welcome to the group and please keep coming I will email that chapter to you seperatly.  Please feel free to email me with any questions and I will do my best to answer them or point you in the direction of someone who can (((((Big Hugs)))))

 A grateful recovering addict/alcoholic and member of al anon,

Miranda

justrubl <justrubl@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi. My name is Kerri and I am at my wits end. My husband is an
alcoholic and refuses to admit it. But he drinks so much that most of
the time he has to crawl instead of walk because he can't. I knew when
we met he drank, heavily, but I didn't know just how bad the problem
was until our wedding. We got married in Arizona at his parents and
when he is there he doesn't drink. We got there on Thursday and got
married Saturday afternoon. After the reception, about 10 minutes
before we were goin to get in the car to drive to the hotel that we
were booked at before our early flight for our honeymoon, he had 2
seizues and spent 3 days in the hospital in acute renal failure. That
didn't stop him, and as soon as he was home he started again. It is
getting worse and when he is drunk is is short tempered and mad. I
just don't know what to do anymore. He keeps saying he is going to
slow down, not stop but drink less, but he just drinks more. I love
him but I am at a loss for what to do.

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