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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell him to go to al-anon for support.

Statistically when it’s the husband who is the alcoholic, the wife toughs it out.  When it’s the woman, she usually gets dumped.

Addiction is a disease that very hard to treat because the person who needs to acknowledge there’s a problem and wants to change.  Even when they’ve come to this point, they may still relapse.  That’s why going to meetings is part of the program and enforced rehab doesn’t usually work.[/quote]

He’s been listening to their podcasts as not a free minute in his day to go to meetings.  She is an atheist and says she hates the AA meetings and the people there because of religious spin so won’t go anymore.[/quote]

I’ve posted frequently about this lately. I’m an alcoholic wife/mother. I have 34 days sober. I started in AA almost 3 months ago and fell off the wagon twice. I am also Agnostic and in the beginning kept rolling my eyes.

You should know everything an Alcoholics Anonymous talks about God or a higher power as you understand it.

Step 2 states that, “We came to be aware that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”

After my second relapse I was reading that and thought. “Well shit. I hope there is a power greater than myself because my self isn’t doing so hot”

There are also non religious SMART recovery meetings

Op - I don’t have any practical advice for you I’m sorry. I feel pretty confident if I relapse again my husband will leave me and take our daughter[/quote]

Do you have abuse/rape/trauma in your past?[/quote]

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