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[quote=Anonymous]Oh, how I WISH he would be caught.  Even though it would probably wreck us financially, I would rather that than he hurt our children, or anyone else.  But he's been doing this for YEARS and he never gets caught.  I've even called the cops anonymously to report his car as a suspected DUI.  I want to leave BUT...I know he will eventually get at least partial custody of the kids.  AT least 95% of the time, he is a great dad.  And he has been dry for months, even over a year at one point.  He is not physically dependent on alcohol, he just can't control it.  So I don't know if I could ever trust him to not drink and drive w/ the kids.  And even if he didn't drive, he is irresponsible when he drinks at home, too.  We have a child who is autistic and he passed out one night holding him with just his diaper on.  He put the child down on the sofa and when he finally woke up sometime in the night, he went upstairs and locked the baby gate at the top of the stairs, leaving our child alone on the sofa.  I wake to hear that child scared crying, cold and lying at the top of the steps, unable to get through, at 3 am.  I do NOT trust the courts or my DH to keep my children safe.  At least if I am here, I am aware of what is happening and can protect my children as much as I can.  But how to deal?  I can't keep him from ever driving the kids as long as we are married as he won't agree to it.  If I leave, or if I make things miserable enough for him that he leaves, then my kids are not only still at risk, but I can't do anything about it.  Feel so scared, frustrated and trapped.  [/quote]

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