Hi Hannah/Dan,
My husband is the person doing cocaine and drinking, it started with just the drink, he had a bad divorce and was lonely so started drinking socially.
I met him and noticed the drinking, but I was naive and never actually thought it was a problem I just thought he was being selfish. I soon learnt there was an issue there.
He went to the doctors and admitted there was an issue, the drinking stopped and he was doing it every other week but would binge so much and couldnt stop, no matter what I said, the drink causes him such bad mental health issues the next day its sooo bad.
Lately, he does cocaine with the drink, its like hes got a stimulant addiction.
he is going to support groups, but he still relapses every 3 ish week and its been cocaine not alcohol which really worries me.
He only has a problem when it suits him, if i mention addiction/alcoholic he get so annoyed at me, but I think it is an addiction, even if its once a month. If you cant say no to something, its an addiction, right?
I spend so much time googling, trying to understand if he has a real problem or not, I am worried as i am still young and want to settle down but this is a huge risk, reading some of these stories terrifies me.
what are your stories? this is causing me such bad anxiety, we were perfect… drugs/alcohol is coming between us and i dont think he realises the severity of the situation.