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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"he’s shaking uncontrollably,"

This is a sign of long term alcohol use.  The alcoholic will ramp up to drinking more to stop the shaking.

I saw this a lot with my Dad.[/quote]

+1 The shaking, vomiting, etc. was not from anxiety; he was in alcohol withdrawal.

You are “dancing as fast as you can” while trying to keep this house of cards from collapsing while he resists at every turn. You are carrying the entire burden of his sobriety. It will not work if you care more than he does.

At this point he expects to be able to continue on as he has been, because you set the boundary but haven’t followed through; you’re in a similar place to where you were at the start of this thread and he’s not acknowledging that he has a problem with alcohol. I don’t fault you for that - it’s incredibly hard. I think you may have to actually separate. There may be a bit of co-dependency going on here and it’s important that you focus on what you can control, and that’s healing your own pain and taking care of yourself.

And yes, he is an alcoholic. He has had very serious health issues from his drinking and could lose his marriage, and yet he still is unwilling to stop.

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