"Moonraker" <fuggadaboutit@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> "Nora Jones" <MayaASO@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> MayaASO@webtv.net> wrote in message
> I truly believe that there would be a part of him that would
> feel relief in having "one less thing to worry about, one less stress,
> one less thing to "deal with".
>
> Nora
>
> Yep. One less thing to interfere with his drinking. Been there, had a
> raggedy tee-shirt to prove it.
>
> There's no magic answer for you. The pain and the consequences aren't bad
> enough "yet". What we don't know and can't predict is IF they will ever
get
> bad enough to force him into admitting his life in unmanageable. He could
> rock along just like he is going for decades.....He won't get better, only
> into a worse morass. And nobody will be able to tell him
anything...except
> another drunk who is in recovery. He won't believe you, the judge, his
> boss, his family, his doctor...but he might believe another drunk if you
can
> manage that, somehow.
>
> Keep talking to us, OK? What part of the world are you in? Maybe one of
us
> is near by or knows a recovering drunk who lives near you that could talk
to
> your SO.
>
>

And we might also know of a Alanon-er who we could put you in contact with.

Bobby L
Atlanta, GA here.