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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I don't know whether you are an alcoholic or not and frankly, the opinion of DCUM is not relevant.  Your husband, who lives with you and loves you, expressed concern.  I would take that to heart and reconsider your drinking habits.[/quote]

I guarantee if her husband told her to stop her dessert-a-day habit, you would say it's none of his business, how insensitive. And there is zero difference, health-wise, between having a piece of cake every day versus a glass of wine every day. They are equally risk-elevating--and neither remotely a death sentence. [/quote]

Her lone daily drink is probably more like a couple heavy pours and slurred speech if her husband is truly concerned she’s an alcoholic.

He’s probably seeing the unnecessary costs as well. Daily drinking isn’t cheap. [/quote]

No one is slurring their speech from one glass of wine, no matter how heavy the pour was.  You people are absurd.  [/quote]

The point being she isn’t just having one glass a night.

ICYMI: the teetotaler partners of those who drink each night tend to see the reality while the drinker sugarcoats the truth.

PSA: Those who drink every night in their 20s/30s/40s tend to become alcoholics (in fact, they already are by their 30s). And it gets harder to quit as you age. [/quote]

I’m going to need some citations for these claims.[/quote]

Go ask your husband, op.

He’s either legit concerned about your daily habit or maybe he’s just annoyed by your weekly bill at the beer and wine store?

How old are your kids? Maybe he’s starting to worry about what your kids are observing when mommy has her special juice? [/quote]

Ha, I’m not OP. Why on earth would you assume that? And I take it that you cannot back up your statements. You’re just another Carrie Nation pearl-clutcher.  Dismissed.[/quote]

I’ve just seen several women struggle with alcoholism and related health ailments despite being highly functional alcoholics. Their partners saw the real deal while the women were rather adept at denial.

Very few people only have one drink a night. It’s almost always a heavy pour followed by more drinks.

Like I said, her husband might be seeing something that truly worries him.

Or he just might be annoyed at how much money they piss away each week on wine.

Or maybe they have kids and one of the kids noticed something or asked about it.

If mommy can’t pick up the kids from ballet because she’s had a couple drinks or if she can’t take care of a sick kid in the middle of the night because she’s buzzed or passed out, then a partner has every right to be concerned.

If the husband is reading the latest data on cancer (behind BC) and the latest regarding the impact of giving up drinking altogether, then it makes sense he would ask her to quit.

PS - Defending the drinker rather than the concerned spouse speaks volumes. [/quote]

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