Dont know where to start

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Background - Married for 17 years, two children (both with SEN but different needs, 5 years and 9 years), husband always liked a drink - now drinking spirits in secret - becoming abusive to me, and swearing at my older child. I have very little support and work part-time; my husband is not working.

I know I must remove myself and our children from this situation, but I don't know where to begin.

As both children are SEN transitions, any change will be hard for them.

I need to do this, but I feel overwhelmed and can't think, and I don't know where to begin.

Any advice appreciated

If your husband isn't working and you're supporting you all on your wages, then it's a matter of organising the divorce. Try wikivorce for information.

You could contact the National Autistic Society or see what support is available locally on their website.

You can't have a belligerent drunk around the children OP.