My [31,F] Husband [32,M] is acting like a bratty teenager.

This sounds like my father.

Your husband is an alcoholic. Overcoming that is possible, but it’s a long, hard road ahead, and many people can’t do it. They have to want to change, and even then it’s a challenge.

I don’t know what kind of man your husband is, or what kind of road he’ll take (my dad didn’t admit he was an alcoholic and seek help until he was 40), but please do whatever you can to protect your kids from his irresponsibility.

They’ll remember daddy driving drunk with them; they’ll remember the fights you two will have. They’ll know that at night, daddy turns from dr. Jekle to mr. Hyde, and for many years they won’t know why. When they’re adults, they’ll still hear the door slam when he runs off again to spend the night somewhere else. And, from time to time, they’ll still be that child, looking up at daddy as he unsteadily mixes another jack and coke on the kitchen counter.

I love my father, and things have gotten better. But I’ll always carrying the scars of my childhood. Please do everything you can to protect your children.

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