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DH takes coke, can't cope with pressure of life, just flipped and walked out door

464 replies

chocolatedrops31 · 22/06/2015 20:36

No LTB please
We have 3 small children and are seriously in love. When we met I knew he wasn't your 'run of the mill' guy. He's very warm and passionate but occasionally gets mad. He is the sole earner at the moment and finds the pressure enormously difficult. He doesn't like living where we live. Most of the time he is a great father and husband but sometimes finds the stress of having a young family too much. For the last 2 years he's been dabbling in coke and this clearly affects his mood. He's just gone back to it after a lovely month long break during which our relationship has been wonderful. He's now back on it. Tonight he was working ..I dressed nice, made dinner, and made a sad face when he said he'd continue working after dinner..a sad face, that's it. He flipped, saying I didn't understand the pressure he was under, all I wanted was more, more sex, more attention. It makes him want to run away..stay late at work etc. he left the house without his phone and is gone. He knows that that will cause me immense stress. He doesn't recognise that the coke causes mood swings..and he won't handle an ultimatum well. I just don't know what to do..last night and today we were all lovey dovey..holding hands..flirting and then he flips. Any advice on how to deal with this situation welcome

OP posts:
paxtecum · 02/07/2015 21:50

Sending you both good wishes.

chocolatedrops31 · 03/07/2015 08:56

Thanks paxtecum Grin

OP posts:
weedinthepool · 03/07/2015 17:38

When you are coked up its very easy to think you are being attacked and your emotional responses are so selfish that you won't see that others are trying to protect you.

My parents phoned an ambulance and then the police when I OD'd. The police call felt like huge betrayal but actually now I can see that they were making it clear they could not enable their first born much loved daughter to keep on self destructing. 10 years clean and I can see they were utterly right. Your H will see this OP the longer he says off that shit.

GuybrushThreepwoodMP · 03/07/2015 19:35

He will. Sorry, I know a lot of my posts have sounded negative. I really do wish you the best and I hope he has the strength to do what needs to be done.

Losingmyreligion · 09/07/2015 19:06

How are things Chocolate?

fearandloathinginambridge · 09/07/2015 19:21

Really hope things are working out for you and for him.

Boosiehs · 22/07/2015 21:20

I really hope that the op's DH has stayed clean, but I somehow doubt it.

LovelyFriend · 22/07/2015 22:58

He flips out because of the coke.

You said yourself how great it was when he was clean for a month.

Stop kidding yourself.

People who used coke famously indulge in arsehole behaviour and drama. It's a known side effect.

Been there done that with a so called "lovely guy otherwise" coke abuser. Now he's an XP.

LovelyFriend · 22/07/2015 23:02

If he tells you 1-2 lines a day it will be 3-4 lines per day. You know this is costing your family 100's of pounds every month?

How does the cost factor into the stress he is under? That plus the stressful side effects equals a massive load of stress directly related to his drug abuse.

And he is taking coke because of stress. It's all mega bullshit.

endofthelinefinally · 23/07/2015 10:02

OP, I really hope things are working out for you, but it will be a long, hard road and I don't think your DP will be able to do this without professional help.

I have just made my coke addicted son move out because I can't cope with the stress. This habit costs hundreds of pounds a week. It causes psychotic and dangerous behaviour. I reached a point where I was really afraid of him and it was making me ill. Sad

IronNeonClasp · 16/10/2020 23:33

@chocolatedrops31
Are you still around? What happened here if you are...

Nanny0gg · 16/10/2020 23:38

@chocolatedrops31

Because it's not-he's a great dad and he is only short tempered with me, not them
I am so fed up of the 'he's a great dad' line when they're doing something that hurts the family or the children's mother,
Nanny0gg · 16/10/2020 23:40

FFS! Zombie!!

@IronNeonClasp

This is a five year old thread!!

IronNeonClasp · 17/10/2020 11:42

@Nanny0gg

FFS! Zombie!!

@IronNeonClasp

This is a five year old thread!!

I know. If you read what I wrote I was asking if the OP was still about and if anything happened.

I'm particularly interested in this subject. Sorry if I broke your MN etiquette ! Hmm

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