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his drinking is ruining our relationship

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tinkerbella85 · 23/12/2019 00:55

so my partner has always been big on drinking and going out to the pub, however in the past 12 months it seems that drinking is all he seems to be interested in. every weekend we have the same routine of him buying a bottle of whisky on a Friday, and then by sunday he's literally draining the dregs. if we go out somewhere for a meal and he has to drive us there he will spend the whole night complaining cos he cant have a drink and hits the bottle as soon as we get back. when its his turn to plan anything it always involves going to the pub and complains at me saying i'm boring when i say i'm not bothered- i've never been much of a drinker myself, i like days sightseeing and visiting place - he'd rather just sit in the pub all day. lost count of how many days out we’ve planned and cancelled cos hes been too hungover to do anything, not in a fit state to drive and lately its just getting worse, this is his fourth weekend ive gone to bed alone because he's passed out drunk on the sofa, today is his second night in a row he will have slept on the sofa and the third day of getting blind drunk. he finished work on friday for the holidays went on his xmas works do and has literally not stopped drinking since. its dragging our relationship down, not only do we spend majority of our time together with him in a drunken stupor, he gets argumentative, its embarrassing to friends and family when he has to turn everything into a ‘party’, not to mention the money hes wasting, we barely sleep in bed together anymore as hes spends more time on the sofa, and on the days he does come to bed he absolutely reeks of whisky it so disgusting i don't want to be within 10 mile of him. whenever i mention it to him he just tells me to get off his case, he doesn't see it as a problem, says its everyone else thats got the problem not him. what can i do? i love him but cant carry on like this, should i leave

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RandomMess · 26/12/2019 19:56

Sounds like he's a functioning alcoholic and I was say leave as he isn't interested in change or compromise.

Thanks
JanesKettle · 26/12/2019 19:59

100% you should leave.

Alcoholics or alcohol dependent persons, if you want to be PC about it, will ruin everything in your life, including your physical and mental health.

Get out as soon as you can.

And yes, you are not alone. Until you can leave, the Al-Anon mantra is good 'I didn't cause it, I can't control it, I can't cure it'.

TheReef · 26/12/2019 20:02

Speak to alco anomo for yourself in advice on what to do. They don't just help the drinker, they can help the family too.

I'm afraid until he sees there's a problem, nothing will change

redcarbluecar · 26/12/2019 20:13

It doesn’t sound as though you’re getting anything out of the relationship.

Drum2018 · 26/12/2019 20:18

At least you're not married. Do you have kids together/own a house together? Get the hell away from him. He's nowhere near ready to accept he has a problem and life is too short for you to waste another day on him.

Drum2018 · 26/12/2019 20:21

Just see you have a child. Don't subject them to a life growing up in the house with an alcoholic.

thepushover123 · 26/12/2019 20:36

My H is getting help for a drink problem but only because I want him to, it’s even worse in some ways now because the lies and secret drinking are still very much there but to my face he says ‘I’m trying hard, I’m doing this for you’ speak, but his old ways are still there. They have to want to change for themselves.

MrsDaveGrohl78 · 27/12/2019 02:25

I left someone for similar behaviour, I'd been with him for nearly 5 years.

Best thing I ever did!

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