My DH has had on off issues with alcohol (as in he doesn't drink or get drunk very often but when he does it lasts for days snd can be chaos) for about 16/17 years. He was in his early 30s and he went through a redundancy and was involved in a car accident (not his fault but a pedestrian walked in front of him and they got a broken leg). He was also in an abusive relationship. He turned to alcohol and from what I understand his mum dad and sister were there. But had problems of their own. From what they tell me he would get very drunk and go off somewhere to drink - found by the police a couple of times but because stuff had happened to him they just supported him.
Anyway we've been together 14 years (he was coming out of all this when we met and I had know him him in our 20s when he didn't drink and before everything else happened). Now he's been okay for 4 years - as in he's not drunk for 4 years and this last weeks he's got totally out of it. There's always a reason - he thinks he's going yo lose his job.
Now I dare not ask his family for any support. But should I? If this were me my mum and sister would be there for me. My husband holds down a good job always goes to help his mum and is there for all of us. His sister I feel has washed her hands of him because she's created a life for herself that does rely a bit on everything looking perfect. What should I do this has been horrible!