Anyone else here in recovery with a partner who continues active in their addiction? Any advice? I am really struggling with some anger and resentment that I am going this alone. I don’t feel tempted by its presence but I feel insulted that it’s done in front of me with zero f***s. I feel like i wouldn’t do this to them.
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Welcome to TS.
There are many people around with the same problem.
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My ex whom is still my roommate (surprisingly not as weird as it sounds) and a bartender comes home schloppy 5 nights a week. Fortunately, like @anon74766472, it really motivates me. It is a living visual aid of what I do not want to be in life anymore.
IDK? Perhaps try looking at the situation from a different perspective. Just a thought?
Try not to take your frustrations out on your partner, you just gotta do you for now.
Wish you the best and stay strong!
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Welcome 
You’re not alone. Check out the above mentioned thread. Share. Vent. Get it off your chest. It helps.
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You can only control your sobriety. Use it as motivation to stay on your sober path and vent to us when you can’t take it. That check in thread is pretty active. 
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Let me echo erntedank and say you’re not alone. We’re in this together. Glad to have you here. People in active addiction can’t give a f*ck or they have to face reality. They feel threatened and guilty by your sober presence. You can only lead by example and hope the message drops at some point but at this point you do this all for you. And we need each other to make it through. Keep going, you’re doing great! Hugs.
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I’m not facing any of this, but shout out to @Dazercat for starting that thread. It’s really fantastic and I always read it even though it doesn’t apply to me directly. AA has been invaluable to me, and Al-Anon is equally as impactful. TS is such a freaking awesome community. So glad I found it way back in the day.
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Thank you!
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I say to my husband if he wants a drink he can go to the bar as i don’t want any alcohol in the house as it’s a slippery slope for me, i think if he was drinking in front of me especially in early recovery i wouldn’t be able to stay sober.
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Al-Anon.
AlAnon.org.
I went 2 plus years sober with my wife drinking in my face. And then my life got unmanageable and I finally got to Al-Anon. It’s helped me a lot. It’s a family disease. She supports my sobriety but she’s gonna drink.
I didn’t cause it.
I can’t control it.
I can’t cure it.
You’re definitely not alone in this.
As far as resentments go? I use to wallow in resentment. I find when I’m taking her inventory is when those ugly resentments rear their head. Some days it’s really hard. But when I ask myself questions like why she does this or why she does that, just makes things more frustrating for me. So I try to figure out “How important is it? And pray for God to show me another way to look at it.
Check out the thread @anon74766472 mentioned in your first reply.
And thanks for the shout out @LeeHawk
When I focus on my wife’s drinking I’m not focusing on my recovery.
I wish you well.
I’m always around if you’d like support.
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I’m in the same boat, day 22 for me, she ised to stir me about it but I just ignore it and think how silly