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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I do understand you don't want to leave your husband.  However, you're in severe denial about his problem.  Just the fact that he is denying he has a problem and saying it is about you is just textbook for an addict who isn't taking responsibility.

This is NOT going to improve with children.

And he is NOT going to get better on his own.  I don't think AA is the be-all/end-all answer we're told, I am reposting the link another poster provided earlier:

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/03/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous/386255/

AA has not been widely effective on its own, but there are medications that can curb cravings--which your husband is clearly having.

You don't want to leave him, so your ultimatum is going to fail.  Please get into counseling, both individual and as a couple.  It can force both parties to face issues they will otherwise deny, try to "work-around"--with something as serious as alcohol abuse, nothing but confronting it head-on will work.  It is not easy, and only your husband can decide to do the work involved in beating this.

It IS an addiction, make no mistake, when he can't stop until what you have in the house is gone and is begging you for "permission" to buy more when you're out.[/quote]

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