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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband has been sober since 1975. We met in 1998. He used to attend AA matings, until about 2000. Then he stopped. I haven't seen any change in his personality or behavior since we met. He's responsible, loyal and loving. My family loves him and he reciprocates.

He's told me what he used to be like while he was drinking. It's hard to believe he could ever have been the person he describes. [/quote]

Why did he stop his meetings?[/quote]

I'm not sure I can put my finger on it. When I asked him if he ever had the urge to drink, he said yes, but he knew how it would end and nothing could ever be worse. He also told me that he has
dreams about drinking and these are good for him because they remind him he cannot drink socially, and then he laughs. He also told me an about an experience when he was sober, walking home
from a long night of work, and he heard a voice from nowhere, say something like, "you never have to drink again". Maybe there is a degree of mysticism in AA? He also has told me several times something about a bird on his shoulder that keeps telling him to drink and this is another sign to him that he is an alcoholic.

It's hard for any of this to make sense to me. I just can't explain how he could ever have been the man he used to be, by his own accounts.[/quote]

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