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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I have considered that depression could be an issue.  I don't know much about depression, and he does not necessarily seem depressed, but rather it seems like the drinking is what makes me think he could be depressed.  But this is so far out of my league.

I do worry about a kid emergency.  We have had ER visits in the middle of the night, and I'm always the one to take my little one, but not b/c my DH wasn't capable, it's just always the way that it has been.  But, I worry when I work late.  I feel like I'm talking to a toddler when I work late, and I insist on a no-alcohol policy when he is by himself with the kids, but I don't feel like I should be a babysitter.  Nor do I think he wants to be babysat, but I feel that if I don't tell him not to drink then he won't think twice about having a glass of wine.

And, yes, I'm totally OK with having a night on the town (or at home) every so often, but going through a bottle of wine a night by himself a night is excessive (to me).

He is always nice.  Always.  I don't think my DH ever has said a mean word about anyone.  And he's nice when he drinks.  If you didn't know him, you wouldn't know he was drunk.  But I know him, and I live with him.  He does stupid things when he's drunk.  Like he'll take a shower in the middle of the night thinking it's morning or he'll let our dog outside seconds after just letting him in.  He just gets disoriented.

I've discussed it with him previously, and he said that he doesn't realize that he's doing it.  I don't know if that's good or bad.  In terms of talking to a professional, I don't know where he would begin.  His doctor?  A therapist?
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