When He Threatens To Drink 36. To Be Sober 38. Stop Checking The Bars 39. Don't Beg Him To Stay 40. If He Gets Well 41.
Many women marry men in order to be taken care of emotionally.
But that doesn't work in alcoholic families. It gets all twisted. Wives take care of husbands who drink - most of the time. But the wife thinks it keeps her husband halfway grateful. They both know how very dependent he really is.