[butterfly1]

I’m so sorry to hear this. My partner is in ill health due to alcoholism and this is the fear I have, I worry he won’t wake up one morning. He seems to function ok when he goes to work but the rest of the time he is wasted, falling around, then if I offer to do something, as I worry he’ll hurt himself or a pet, I get shouted at and called an idiot or worse! I resonate with what you are saying, as I have only told one close friend how bad things are currently, and I am too questioning why, am I embarrassed or scared of him finding out I’ve ‘gossiped’. I guess the neighbours have an awareness as he’s shouting obscenities in the garden most evenings but no one has asked if things are ok which I find strange, maybe they are embarrassed too or don’t want to get involved! It’s so hard to know how to help but I suppose, really, they can only help themselves and why do we carry the guilt?

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