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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I recommend that you attend Nar-Anon or Al-Anon, 12 step groups for friends and families of addicts.  This problem is not going to go away and you'll need support.  Plus the family dynamics are no doubt affecting your husband, even though he isn't the one with the problem.  You can see this train wreck coming at you so get help now.

Good luck with all this.  My brother became disabled and my sister and I helped support him financially.  I had thought he was sober and when I realized he was drinking again, I went back to Al-Anon meetings (had gone years ago due to parents' use).  My brother eventually died of alcoholism but the meetings were a great help and I continue to go for general support in dealing with my own co-dependency issues.[/quote]

Are their atheist groups in Al-Anon or Nar-Alon? [/quote]These groups have an emphasis on spirituality in the 12-steps but there's no requirement to be a believer in any religion.  People pretty much take what they need from the meetings and leave the rest.  Some people think of the "Higher Power" as God.  Other people think of the "Higher Power" as the group conscience.  As they say, you can decide the Higher Power is a door knob if you want.[/quote]

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