We're in an era of wonderful technologies and medical
advances. I carry a cellphone that takes pictures and
plays music, and calls anyone in the world. My best
friend had a 4-way bypass and went on a cruise two weeks
later. My hybrid car gets 44 miles per gallon. Statins
have deflected a high percentage of all heart attacks
and strokes. We can fly nonstop to the other side of the
planet, in comfort and safety.

Why is it, then, that alcohol addiction still destroys
so many lives?

I hoped that visiting this forum would trigger some
serious help: "A lot of people take XXXXXXX, and that
solves the problem." This is a world of pill solutions,
so isn't there one for my wife?

She isn't violent or abusive, she just gets drunk every
night in the wee hours. Her "day personality" hasn't
changed. Surely other husbands have encountered the same
situation and found a solution that goes beyond "Learn
to live with it."