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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't encourage or ask him to quit drinking. I have told him he needs to work on control, stopping at 3 beers instead of getting all hyped up and having 6 and then ordering shots for everyone. We really aren't the kind of couple that is out drinking very often, so those incidences were not common. He never has been a daily drinker. He just is a binge drinker when he does drink, which is his problem.

I think the impetus for this is that we are moving in together, and he wants a fresh start at the beginning of our new life together. [b]He's making other changes (job, friends, church) that he feels will make him a better person and good husband/father after we are married.[/b]

Thank you all for your advice. I feel much better about talking about this with him now that I know more. I'm really hoping that he was just being over-ambitious, and now that it's been a few weeks, he is being more realistic about it.

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I get the feeling that you are kind of brushing off people's concerns, and that's fine. But I also find it a little concerning that he is making a whole bunch of changes, including forcing you to stop drinking, in order to get ready to get married. That's usually not a good sign that someone is ready to get married, setting aside the binge drinking/alcoholism.[/quote]

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