Never one to tell someone what they should and shouldn’t do. But over the past few years I’ve noticed my boyfriend drinking more and more. He hides it from me and I’d say he drinks probably 4-6 cans of beer every night consistently with more on the weekends. Am I being unreasonable to be telling him I’m slightly worried about his habits? It’s more the lying about it and hiding it. He comes to bed some nights and it smells like he’s been on a night out. It was his birthday 2 weeks ago and in those 2 weeks he’s drank the 3 big bottles of whiskey that he got gifted. He says he has no money for things but still manages to buy beer. Should he seek help for this? Will it escalate into something more sinister as time goes on?
We’ve spoken about it in the past and he has admitted that he has a ‘habit’ of drinking too much. But doesn’t seem willing to accept that maybe the habit is becoming something more serious. Should I push him more to seek some kind of help? AIBU? Overthinking it?!