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Alcoholic ex

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MamaBear81 · 22/03/2024 00:06

Hi all. My ex and I share a 13 month old daughter. He has issues with alcohol. He doesn’t drink every day, it’s more like every week.. but when he does start drinking he can’t stop, he will be on a bender that lasts 2-3 days and his behaviour while drunk is atrocious. He is very verbally abusive towards me. Sober he’s a completely different person, but when alcohol takes over he cares about nothing other than where his next drink is coming from. He has on numerous occasions been so out of his head that he’s vomited all over himself and passed out drunk on the sofa covered in his own sick. He lies, he makes false accusations.. the list goes on. When we were still together i used to lock him out of the house when he was drunk, as he certainly shouldn’t be around our child in those states. We had a discussion about it when he was sober, and he agreed it was the right thing to do, and told me I should continue doing it. But then when he was drunk and locked out, what he agreed to always went out the window and he would be outside shouting abuse, trying to kick the door through etc.. I’ve had to call the police on multiple occasions to have him removed (his name isn’t on the tenancy, I lived here months before he moved in with me but his drinking has become progressively worse since then) .. I got so fed up with this happening, I ended our relationship and threw him out. We are no longer together and he no longer lives with me and our daughter. But he still turns up here drunk, banging the door demanding to be let in. Obviously I refuse. He turned up again last night At 11.40pm. Again I refused to let him in. He then called the police and told them he feared for our daughters safety as my state of mind was fragile! The police didn’t take him seriously thankfully, due to his reputation and the fact that he was very clearly yet again, drunk. They did however call me to check I was ok, and came to remove him from outside my house (again) but by the time they arrived he was already gone. Then this morning he text me to ask if it was ok to send a work colleague to collect some of his stuff this evening. I agreed, packed it up for him, but nobody came. He then text me again half hour after he finished work, saying his job have received a complaint regarding his behaviour last night., called me insulting names and said I had spelt my last name wrong when I sent it - I have not sent any complaint to his work! I could really use some advice on what I can do here, i am honestly terrified of what he’s capable of when he’s drunk! He’s said he’s told people at work he’s a victim of domestic abuse! He just makes up lies and stories to paint me out in a bad light, and now it looks like he’s making up a complaint i didn’t make so he can blame me if he loses his job. I believe it’s because I haven’t given in and let him move back in like I used to do. His lies are dangerous and I am so drained from this constant cycle, i just want him to leave me alone.

OP posts:
Confusionn · 22/03/2024 00:26

I am in the same boat. I am planning on getting an occupation order and a non molestation order. Alcohol! I have grown to loath the stuff, it really does destroy lives.

solice84 · 22/03/2024 06:32

Yes I would look at getting some kind of restraining order
Hopefully all the police involvement will facilitate this
Make as much fuss as you can about his excessive drinking and collect any evidence
Have you got a camera door bell?
No doubt he will push for custody and I wish I'd had evidence against my alcoholic exh when he wanted 50:50

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