I’ll try to make this short.
DH has always been a big drinker and so have all the men in his family. The last 5 years or so he had been drinking every day. Our relationship has suffered and I have my own health problems. He had a breakdown and counselling but never addressed his alcohol addiction. 6 months ago it reached a point where I said I’d had enough. He was still in denial, but after reading a book I bought (thanks to a MN recommendation) he has given up drinking.
In the last 4 months he’s had a couple of slips where he’s had 1 drink in a social situation where he didn’t think of an ‘excuse’ not to drink.
I’ve just found out that he has been taking my prescription medication. I have a lot of different meds, the one he has taken is an opiate I have for breakthrough pain, so not something I take regular enough to count the doses. Some months I’ll take more than other months so don’t notice if he swipes a pack.
I don’t know what to do now. I rely on him as my carer to do things like fetch pain relief if I’m injured or in extreme pain. If I lock all my meds away, I suffer. Is locking them up the only thing I can do? I’m gutted right now as I was so proud he’s maintaining sobriety, now I know he’s just swapped one drug for another.