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Hi, my name is Suzanne,
Does anyone have some words of wisdom for me?
I've been married for 25 years to a alcoholic. I'm so tired of the money spent
on DUI's. He gave me a sober year last year, but now he is drinking again and
also has started gambling. I don't know which is harder to live with. I tried
my best to bring my two boys up not to drink like their dad. My oldest, in his
last year of college got his first DUI this year. It has broke my heart,
because he knows all the pain drinking has caused us. My youngest is a senior
in high school this year and I need to go to work to pay for his college like I
did for my oldest, but I want to spend time with my father as I'm worried about
his health. My father lives alone., my mother killed herself in 95, she was my
best friend and my father has been my rock along with my kids and my faith that
God won't give me more than I can take.
The gambling a really thrown me for a loop. We are a middle income family,
that's why I went to work to pay for my sons college. Just don't know where to
go from here.


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Hi, my name is Suzanne, Does anyone have some words of wisdom for me? I've been married for 25 years to a alcoholic. I'm so tired of the money spent on DUI's....
suzanne williams
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Jul 25, 2006
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I'm new to the group as well. I was married to an alcoholic for a short time. We had a son together and he has had custody for the last seven years. Then I ...
Alison Kenady
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Jul 25, 2006
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Hi Suzanne, I wish i had some wise advice to give you , but the truth is i don't . I was married to an alcoholic and compulsive spender for 18 years , i got...
Henry
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Jul 25, 2006
6:21 pm

Hi Suzanne, Your story sounds like mine and so many other of us I am sure. I have younger children and a daughter about to graduate from high school and I...
diedrajm
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Jul 25, 2006
8:09 pm

... blessing it was to have someone take the time to answer me. I didn't know if I was doing the right thing last night by joining the group. It's hard for me...
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Jul 26, 2006
12:53 am

Hi Suzanne I have lots of thoughts regarding your email. As for your husband- 25 years with this person. It must be hard not knowing what he is going to do...
Amanda Webster
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Jul 26, 2006
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Hi Amanda, Thanks, for you input. You had alot of good points. I tried to make my husband leave about 5 years ago. He wouldn't leave the house and the house...
suzanne williams
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Jul 26, 2006
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Suzanne, Sounds like you did what you needed to do and what was best for you and your kids. I can understand that. My mom did the same things for as long as...
Amanda Webster
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