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[quote=Anonymous]This was my dad. He died at age 61 of cirrhosis of the liver. He had to keep drinking more and more to dull everything. There is a reason alcoholics drink. My dad was depressed growing up. His family was really messed up but they looked like the All American family from the outside. Dad worked in finance, mom was a SAHM, kids were well dressed and polite. They played sports, were in Scouts, mom played in a bridge group, dad volunteered at the fire department. The perfect family. Except that their dad drank. He was a functional alcoholic. Nobody knew outside the family. Older kid was visiting a kiddie shrink by age 7. My dad started drinking to numb himself from his family taunting him when he was drunk. His drinking continued and escaped but he rarely was fall down drunk. He held a good job for his entire life. My mom divorced him. I remember spending weekends with him.  He was passed out by 7pm. Remarried a woman who would drink along with him. Only met his grandson once before he died but his liver was already failing him. Tried to get a liver transplant and they said no way. Maybe if he had gotten therapy when he was younger, he would've found other ways to cope. Who knows? OP- He won't change. He is drinking for a reason and that reason will not go away. He is choosing to numb himself with alcohol. Do not marry him. [/quote]

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