Husband not coping
Does anyone have any advice dealing with a husband who is not dealing with a diagnosis? He’s leaning on me for emotional support and has spent most of the holidays drunk (he was a heavy drinker before...
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Ah, @Brownowl that is no good at all. It's pretty common for those close to us to have a personal crisis related to our treatment at some stage. It is not OK to get pissed for a week and make it all about them.
If you have been dealing with his dependency issues for a while you have probably weathered similar storms, but the holiday season (curse it and the bloody reindeer it rode in on) can tip folk over the top. Like the others, I can't give you any personal advice and this is a particularly challenging time to get any professional help.
If you haven't heard of the Otis Foundation https://www.otisfoundation.org.au/ maybe try to book some time away without him. That won't help today, but it will give you something to look forward to where you can spend some quality time with your daughter and not have to clean up anyone else's mess--emotional of physical.
If you feel unsafe please make sure someone close to you knows that and keeps an eye on your home situation. If you fell threatened go and stay with someone, pretty much anyone, and tell him you will discuss things when he is sober. Mxx
If you have been dealing with his dependency issues for a while you have probably weathered similar storms, but the holiday season (curse it and the bloody reindeer it rode in on) can tip folk over the top. Like the others, I can't give you any personal advice and this is a particularly challenging time to get any professional help.
If you haven't heard of the Otis Foundation https://www.otisfoundation.org.au/ maybe try to book some time away without him. That won't help today, but it will give you something to look forward to where you can spend some quality time with your daughter and not have to clean up anyone else's mess--emotional of physical.
If you feel unsafe please make sure someone close to you knows that and keeps an eye on your home situation. If you fell threatened go and stay with someone, pretty much anyone, and tell him you will discuss things when he is sober. Mxx