Living with someone who drinks

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Welcome Kay,
I guess everyone is different.
What helps me is I go to Al-Anon. I been sober over 2 years and my wife has drank every one of those days but 6 of them this past summer. I really wanted my sobriety so bad. And we been married a million years so no I didn’t think it was fair or even thought about her not bringing booze into OUR house. My wife supports my sobriety but she made it clear she’s gonna drink.

There’s a lot of topics on this.

Does your partner still drink? Some threads you may find helpful

Mine does and I discussed it fairly frequently when I was on here more. I know this question comes up a lot…How do I get sober with a partner who drinks? So often we are told we have to avoid situations and people who drink, sometimes it is even suggested that we cut them from our lives entirely. For those of us with partners who drink and whom we love and respect, that is not practical or helpful advice. Obviously some of us cannot stay with an abusive, reckess or violent alcoholic, but as we …