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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When a spouse has an addiction, to booze, drugs, risky behaviors, sugar, processed food, everyday life feels like watching them play Russian roulette with not only their life but the marriage and family bonds too, and finances as so many have raised.

Whether it's undiagnosed mental illness, trauma, dopamine issues, etc. it all gets avoided by life shortening behaviors.

I know this is taking a toll on all of us who are loved ones. [/quote]

Having lived with a family member who is 50 lbs overweight (mom) and another family member who was an alcoholic, these are NOT the same thing at all.  They don’t have the same effect on the family, on finances, on work, on the person’s health, nothing.

Being overweight doesn’t cause people to do or say stupid things.  People don’t put themselves or family members in imminently dangerous situations (like driving drunk) due to obesity.  There is NO WAY these are at all the same category of thing.

I will say that this insane narrative does have the spouses on this thread acting crazy.  OP and a few others could probably benefit from reading a little about codependency or some ala-non literature.  
I mean, searching through his belongings to find wrappers and looking through your credit card bill for vending machine charges is kind of crazy.  You need to let that stuff go.  
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