[sophmum]

Me and my partner have been together 12.5 years and his drinking is not good and hasn’t been since he lost his dad (5 years ago).

He runs his family business (which his dad created), doesn’t drink in the morning but as soon as he gets in from work he opens a can. He drinks ranging from 5-10 cans a night (Stella) and we also have 3 children.

He had previously on nights or cheated on me (3 times that I know of over 5 years) when he’s been drunk, never sober.

I’m at my wits end..I keep saying to myself I’ll give it until after Christmas and if things haven’t changed I’m leaving him. I know deep in my heart that he won’t.

Even my son who just started high school says ‘is dad an alcoholic mum?’

I’m tired of it. (Sorry about the rant!)

[icarus-trust]

Hi Sophmum,

Please don’t apologise for your post. What you are living through is really hard and it sounds like you could do with some support for yourself.

I work for The Icarus Trust which is a charity that gives support to people who are in similar situations dealing with a family members’ addiction. We know how hard it is and have experienced trained volunteers you could talk with if you think that would be helpful.

You can contact us on help@icarustrust.org or visit the website http://www.icarustrust.org

I hope that this is helpful. Good luck.

|The Icarus Trust

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